Oracle® Solaris 11 Desktop Accessibility Guide

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Updated: July 2014
 
 

Navigating Lists

The following table lists the keyboard shortcuts that you can use to navigate multicolumn lists when a column header has focus.

Keys
Function
Left arrow or right arrow
Gives focus to the previous or next column header.
Spacebar
Activates the header. This action usually sorts the list by the column header.
Tab
Gives focus to the list contents.

The following table lists the keyboard shortcuts that you can use to navigate lists when the contents of the list has focus.

Keys
Function
Arrow keys
Selects the next or previous row or column.
Page Up
Selects the top row of the list contents that are in view. Press Page Up again to select the top row of the previous view.
Page Down
Selects the bottom row of the list contents that are in view. Press Page Down again to select the bottom row of the next view.
Home
Selects the first row in the list.
End
Selects the last row in the list.
Shift+arrow keys
For lists that support multiline selections, adds the next or previous row or column to the current selection.
For lists that only allow single-line selections, selects the next or previous row or column.
Shift+Page Up
Selects all the rows between the current selection and the top row of the view.
Shift+Page Down
Selects all the rows between the current selection and the bottom row of the view.
Shift+Home
Selects all the rows between the current selection and the first row in the list.
Shift+End
Selects all the rows between the current selection and the last row in the list.
Ctrl+Arrow keys
Gives focus to the next row or column but does not extend the selection.
Ctrl+Page Up
Gives focus to the top row in the view but does not extend the selection.
Ctrl+Page Down
Gives focus to the bottom row in the view but does not extend the selection.
Ctrl+Home
Gives focus to the first row in the list but does not extend the selection.
Ctrl+End
Gives focus to the last row in the list but does not extend the selection.
Return
Activates the item.
Ctrl+A
For lists that support multiline selections, selects all rows in the list.
Shift+Tab
Gives focus to the column header, if applicable.