Oracle® Solaris 11 Desktop Accessibility Guide

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Updated: July 2014
 
 

Navigating Panels

A panel is an area from which you can run special programs, applications, and panel applications. The most common panel is the panel that stretches the full width of the bottom edge of the desktop. The following table lists the keyboard shortcuts that you can use to navigate panels and panel objects.

Keys
Function
Ctrl+Alt+Tab
Gives focus to a panel. This keyboard shortcut displays a pop-up window with icons that represent the desktop background, panels, and drawers. Press and hold Ctrl+Alt and continue to press Tab to switch the focus between the desktop background, panels, and drawers.
You can customize this keyboard shortcut.
Tab
Gives focus to the next object on the panel.
F10
Opens the Applications menu when the focus is on the top panel.
Spacebar
Activates a panel object, for example, open a menu or start a launcher.
Shift+F10
Opens the panel object pop-up menu.
Ctrl+F10
Opens the panel pop-up menu.