Keyboard End User Information

The following table explains the keyboard shortcuts for specific UI elements such as lists and menus:

Target Key Action
List Item Enter or Space Selects list item.
  Up Arrow Moves focus to the previous visible list item.
  Down Arrow Moves focus to the next visible list item.
  Right Arrow (Left Arrow in RTL) For horizontal navigation list and focus will be moved to next visible item.
  Left Arrow (Right Arrow in RTL) For horizontal navigation list and focus will be moved to previous visible item.
  Home Moves focus to the first visible list item.
  End Moves focus to the last visible list item.
  F2 If focus is on a list item, pressing F2 will make its contents accessible using Tab.
  Esc When F2 mode is enabled, press Esc to exit F2 mode.
  Shift+Tab Move focus to hierarchical menu option. This is only applicable for sliding navigation list and when hierarchical menu option is enabled.
Group Item Right Arrow (Left Arrow in RTL) If focus is on collapsed node, expands the sub list.
  Left Arrow (Right Arrow in RTL) If focus is on expanded node, collapses the sub list.
List Item in sublist Esc Applicable only for sliding navigation list. If focus is in a sublist, it closes the sublist and moves focus to the parent list item.
Hierarchical Menu button Enter Open menu. Refer to the menu keyboard documentation. This target is visible only for sliding navigation list.
  Tab Moves focus to current list item. This target is visible only for sliding navigation list.
  Shift + Tab Moves focus to Previous Icon. This target is visible only for sliding navigation list.
Overflow Menu button Enter or Space Open menu. Refer to the menu touch documentation. This is applicable only for horizontal navigation list when overflow is set to pop-up.
Previous Icon or List Header Enter Collapses the sublist and slides to parent list. This target is visible only for sliding navigation list.
  Tab Moves focus to Hierarchical Menu option. This target is visible only for sliding navigation list.