Tab, Shift+Tab, Enter, Space: The Core Keys
How keyboard users move and activate controls.
No Mouse, No Problem
Lots of people never touch a mouse. They drive the whole web with the keyboard, so every control you build must work with keys alone. ⌨️
Tab Moves Forward
The single most important key is Tab. Each press jumps focus to the next interactive thing: a link, button, or form field.
All lessons in this course
- Tab, Shift+Tab, Enter, Space: The Core Keys
- Visible Focus: Never Hide the Outline
- Logical Tab Order Follows the Content
- Spotting Keyboard Traps