What does navigation mean using a site keyboard

Article image What does navigation mean using a site keyboard
Article image What does navigation mean using a site keyboard
Publication date:30.07.2025
Blog category: Web Technology News

🚀 Navigation using the keyboard gives users the ability to interact with your website exclusively by entering the keyboard. This includes the use of keyboard combinations and the selection of items using Tab and Enter.

💡 There are more than 500 keyboard combinations among operating systems and specific applications that your audience can use. Common combinations for web navigation include Ctrl + F to find words or resources, Shift + Arrow to select text and Ctrl + Tab to switch between browser tabs.

  • 📌 Navigation using keyboard makes your site more accessible
  • 📌 Unproof of these requirements can lead to legal issues
  • 📌 Inaccessible site presents ethical questions as it indicates an advantage for those who can use the mouse
🧩 Bottom: To ensure navigation using a keyboard it is important to understand how people can use these controls so that you can build a site that promotes them.
🧠 Own considerations: navigation using the keyboard is an integral part of the available web design, and it is important that web developers have this practice. This not only improves custom experience, but also makes the site more accessible to a wide audience.

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Навігація за допомогою клавіатури важлива, але реальність така, що більшість користувачів звикли до миші. Чи справді доцільно витрачати час на впровадження складних комбінацій, якщо прості інтерфейси працюють? Може, краще зосередитись на основному досвіді використання?
30.07.2025 08:00 UXNinja