Basic Keyboard Navigation Concepts
The
current active area of the screen is enclosed with a rectangle formed by
dotted lines. This is the area that has focus.
Following
are general rules for navigating the help window:
- Pressing the Tab key moves
the focus to the next active area. Following are some examples:
- If a toolbar button has
focus, pressing Tab moves you to the next toolbar button. Continue
tabbing to cycle through the toolbar and move to the Contents
label of the navigation pane.
- If focus is in a topic's
HTML page, pressing Tab moves you to the next hyperlink.
Tip Hyperlinks show
focus in the same way as other elements–with dotted outline formatting.
- Pressing Shift+Tab moves
the focus to the previous active area. For example, if the Contents
label has focus, pressing Shift+Tab moves you to the toolbar.
- Pressing the up or down
arrow key selects options within a function. For example, use the down
arrow key to scroll the list of topics found by a search.
- Pressing the Enter key activates
your selection. Following are two examples:
- After scrolling the list
of topics found in the Search tab, press Enter to display the selected
topic.
- In an HTML topic, after
tabbing to the Next link, press Enter to display the next
topic.
- Pressing F6 moves you back
and forth between the navigation tabs and the HTML page displayed in the
contents pane.
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