Accessibility Kiwi

Character Key Shortcuts

Level
A
Criterion
2.1.4

Single key shortcuts can be turned off, personalised, or disabled until the function is on focus.

  • Function
  • Keyboard
  • Settings

If a keyboard shortcut is implemented in content using only letter (including upper- and lower-case letters), punctuation, number, or symbol characters, then at least one of the following is true:

Turn off

A mechanism is available to turn the shortcut off;

Remap

A mechanism is available to remap the shortcut to include one or more non-printable keyboard keys (e.g., Ctrl, Alt);

Active only on focus

The keyboard shortcut for a user interface component is only active when that component has focus.