# Begin keyboard navigation

Focus the Menu bar
  Windows or Linux: Alt+F9
  macOS: ⌥F9
Focus the Toolbar
  Windows or Linux: Alt+F10
  macOS: ⌥F10
Focus the footer
  Windows or Linux: Alt+F11
  macOS: ⌥F11
Focus the notification
  Windows or Linux: Alt+F12
  macOS: ⌥F12
Focus a contextual toolbar
  Windows, Linux or macOS: Ctrl+F9

Navigation will start at the first UI item, which will be highlighted, or underlined in the case of the first item in the Footer element path.

# Navigate between UI sections

To move from one UI section to the next, press Tab.

To move from one UI section to the previous, press Shift+Tab.

The Tab order of these UI sections is:

1. Menu bar
2. Each toolbar group
3. Sidebar
4. Element path in the footer
5. Word count toggle button in the footer
6. Branding link in the footer
7. Editor resize handle in the footer

If a UI section is not present, it is skipped.

If the footer has keyboard navigation focus, and there is no visible sidebar, pressing Shift+Tab moves focus to the first toolbar group, not the last.

# Navigate within UI sections

To move from one UI element to the next, press the appropriate Arrow key.

The Left and Right arrow keys

- move between menus in the menu bar.
- open a sub-menu in a menu.
- move between buttons in a toolbar group.
- move between items in the footer’s element path.

The Down and Up arrow keys

- move between menu items in a menu.
- move between items in a toolbar pop-up menu.

Arrow keys cycle within the focused UI section.

To close an open menu, an open sub-menu, or an open pop-up menu, press the Esc key.

If the current focus is at the ‘top’ of a particular UI section, pressing the Esc key also exits keyboard navigation entirely.

# Execute a menu item or toolbar button

When the desired menu item or toolbar button is highlighted, press Return, Enter, or the Space bar to execute the item.

# Navigate non-tabbed dialogs

In non-tabbed dialogs, the first interactive component takes focus when the dialog opens.

Navigate between interactive dialog components by pressing Tab or Shift+Tab.

# Navigate tabbed dialogs

In tabbed dialogs, the first button in the tab menu takes focus when the dialog opens.

Navigate between interactive components of this dialog tab by pressing Tab or Shift+Tab.

Switch to another dialog tab by giving the tab menu focus and then pressing the appropriate Arrow key to cycle through the available tabs.