Shield UI Grid Keyboard Navigation is for people who cannot use a mouse or other pointing device, or who want to use a keyboard as much as possible. This functionality cover accessibility standards for people with disabilities can directly benefit from it. Keyboard Navigation are useful for people with a wide range of disabilities, as well as anyone who wants to save time by combining key commands with mouse control.
You can use the following keys, comforming to the latest WAI-ARIA specification, to work with the widget:
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To
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Press
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Focuses
the grid in this example only (not built-in functionality)
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Ctrl
+ G |
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Moves
the focus between cells
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Arrow
keys |
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navigates
to the previous page if pagination is turned on
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Page
Up |
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navigates
to the next page if pagination is turned on
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Page
Down |
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moves
the focus to the first cell in the row that contains focus
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Home |
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moves
the focus to the last cell in the row that contains focus
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End |
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moves
focus to the first cell in the first visible row
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Ctrl
+ Home |
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moves
focus to the last cell in the last visible row
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Ctrl
+ End |
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when
pressed on a header cell, invokes sorting for that column
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Enter |
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selects
the current cell/row if selection is enabled
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Space |
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when
pressed on an editable cell, disables grid navigation and puts this cell/row
in edit mode
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Enter |
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if
grid navigation is disabled, saves all changes and restores grid navigation
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Enter |
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if
grid navigation is disabled, cancels any edits and restores grid navigation
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Escape |
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moves
focus to next widget in the grid
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TAB |
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moves
focus to previous widget in the grid
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Shift
+ TAB |
