Understanding PeopleSoft Online Help Accessibility
For information about Oracle's commitment to accessibility, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program website at http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=docacc.
Review Navigating the PeopleSoft Online Help for information about how the PeopleSoft Online Help is structured and how to navigate between pages.
In addition, the following recommendations improve the accessibility of specific features in the PeopleSoft Online Help.
Page Tabs
Some navigation pages contain multiple page tabs that you use to change the content that appears on the page. The tabs are set up as a tab list. You can use the following commands to navigate through the tabs using the keyboard:
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Key |
Action |
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Tab and Shift+Tab |
When the cursor is before or after the tab list, move to the active tab in the tab list. The first tab is active by default when you access a page, but if you select a different tab, that tab remains active as long as you stay on the page. |
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Right Arrow and Left Arrow |
Move between tabs in the tab list. If the cursor isn’t currently in the tab list, press Tab or Shift+Tab until you reach the active tab in the tab list. Then use the arrow keys to move between tabs. If you press the Right Arrow at the end of the tab list, focus moves to the first tab in the list, and vice versa. |
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Enter |
Displays the content of the tab that is currently in focus and moves the cursor to the tab content. When you move the cursor between the tabs, tab content does not actually change until you press Enter. |
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Home |
When the focus is in the tab list, this moves to the first tab. |
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End |
When the focus is in the tab list, this moves to the last tab. |
Expandable and Collapsible Tree Views
Navigation pages include expandable and collapsible tree views that contain links to the help content. To ensure that you can access all content within these tree views, select the Expand All Sections check box in the Display Options portlet on any navigation page. See Using Portlets for more information about the Display Options portlet.
Note: Only one node of the tree view is in the tab order at any time. When you first access the tree view, the top-level node is in the tab order. When you enter the tree view, you use the arrows and other keys to navigate through the tree view (as discussed later in this section). If you leave the tree view to go to another page or another location on the same page, the last visited node in the tree view remains in the tab order and, if you’re returning from another page, the last visited node also retains focus. For example, if you click the link for the second node in the tree view to go to another page, when you return to the page with the tree view, focus is on the second node so you can start reading where you left off.
You can use the following commands to navigate through the tree views using the keyboard:
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Key |
Action |
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Up Arrow and Down Arrow |
Move between all visible nodes. If a node is collapsed, this moves to the next visible mode (not to the contents of the collapsed node). |
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Left Arrow |
If the node is expanded, this collapses the node. If the node is collapsed, this moves to the parent node or the first node in the tree view. |
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Right Arrow |
If the node is collapsed, this expands the node. If the node is expanded, this moves to the first child node, after which point you switch to the Down Arrow to move through the remaining child nodes. |
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Enter |
If the node contains a link to a subject navigation page or a help page, this opens that page. |
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Any letter key |
Moves to the next visible node with a title beginning with that letter. Shift + any letter key moves to the previous visible node with a title beginning with that letter. |
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Home |
Moves to the top node in the tree view. |
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End |
Moves to the last visible node in the tree view. |
Expandable and Collapsible Sections on Help Pages
Help pages include expandable and collapsible sections that contain help content. Each Heading 2 on a help page is set up as a button that you use to expand or collapse the content following the heading. That is, the Heading 2s are also buttons. To provide instructions on how to expand or collapse sections, one of the following phrases is included at the end of each Heading 2 button label: “Press Enter to collapse” or “Press Enter to expand.”
Note: If you use assistive technology, always select the Expand all sections check box so you can easily access the entire page.
Skip to Main Content Links
At the beginning of any page, click the Skip to Main Content link to skip past the universal navigation header and portlets to the main content. Click the Return to Navigation link to move the cursor back to the beginning of the page.
Note: These links are not visible on the pages, but they appear when you press the Tab key to move focus to the links.
Business Process Maps (BPMs)
For PeopleSoft Applications product families that provide BPM diagrams in the online help, you can click the Switch to Text-Only BPMslink to access text-only versions of the BPM diagrams.
User Interface Formatting
Your help administrator can modify the delivered style sheets to change the colors and formatting of text on pages to meet specific accessibility needs. See Modifying Online Help Style Sheets.
Accessibility Features in PeopleSoft Applications
For information about using the accessibility in PeopleSoft Applications, see PeopleTools: Accessibility Guide.