GNOME 2.2 Desktop Accessibility Guide

To Navigate Tabbed Sections

Figure 3–11 Sample Dialog with Tabbed Sections

Windows and dialogs are sometimes divided into logical sections that are displayed one section at a time on the window or dialog. The divisions are called tabbed sections that are identified by a tab with a text label.

The following table lists the keyboard shortcuts that you can use to navigate the tabbed sections of a window or dialog when a tab name has focus.

Keys	Function
left arrow	Give focus to the previous tabbed section.
right arrow	Give focus to the next tabbed section.
Tab orCtrl+down arrow	Give focus to the first control on the active tabbed section.

The following table lists the keyboard shortcuts that you can use to navigate the tabbed sections of a window or dialog when a control on a tabbed section has focus.

Keys	Function
Ctrl+ Page Up	Give focus to the previous tabbed section. This keyboard shortcut does not work if the focused control uses Ctrl+ Page Up for another purpose.
Ctrl+Page Down	Give focus to the next tabbed section. This keyboard shortcut does not work if the focused control uses Ctrl+ Page Down for another purpose.
Ctrl+Tab	Give focus to the next control outside the tabbed sections.

Keys

Function

Ctrl+ Page Up

Give focus to the previous tabbed section.

This keyboard shortcut does not work if the focused control uses Ctrl+ Page Up for another purpose.

Ctrl+Page Down

Give focus to the next tabbed section.

This keyboard shortcut does not work if the focused control uses Ctrl+ Page Down for another purpose.

Ctrl+Tab

Give focus to the next control outside the tabbed sections.