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Accessibility features help users who have a physical disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use information technology products successfully.
Keyboard navigation
Wikis uses the CKEditor to edit wiki pages. See the CKEEditor accessibility Web page for complete documentation, including some screen reader documentation specific to the CKEditor. For complete screen reader information, see your screen reader documentation.
Basic navigation
Edit action Keyboard shortcut Move focus into and out of the editor. Tab or Shift+Tab Move focus from editing area to editor toolbar. Alt+F10 Open the context menu in the editing area. Shift+F10 or Ctrl+Shift+F10 Move focus to the element path bar. Alt+F11 With the path bar in focus, select HTML elements that are parents of the currently selected element. Tab or Shift+Tab With the path bar in focus, move focus back to the editing area without changing selection. Esc With the path bar in focus, select the element in the editing area. Enter
Toolbar navigation
Edit action Keyboard shortcut Move focus forward among toolbar items. Tab or Right Arrow Move focus backward among toolbar items. Shift+Tab or Left Arrow Execute selected toolbar item. Enter Move focus back to editing area without executing commands. Esc
Dialog navigation
Edit action Keyboard shortcut When focus is not on a dialog tab, move forward through input elements in a dialog. Tab When focus is not on a dialog tab, move backward through input elements in a dialog. Shift+Tab When focus is on a dialog tab, move forward through tab pages in the dialog. Tab or Right Arrow When focus is on a dialog tab, move backward through tab pages in the dialog. Shift+Tab or Left Arrow Move focus to the currently active tab. Alt+F10 Close the dialog without executing an action. Esc When a single-line text input is in focus, save and close. (The equivalent of pressing OK.) When a dialog tab is in focus, move focus to the first input element inside the tab page. Enter
Context menu navigation
Edit action Keyboard shortcut Move down in a context menu. Tab or Down Arrow Move up in a context menu. Shift+Tab or Up Arrow Execute a menu action or open a sub-menu. Enter Close a context menu without executing an action. Esc
Style combo box navigation
Edit action Keyboard shortcut Move down in a combo box. Tab or Down Arrow Move up in a combo box. Shift+Tab or Up Arrow Execute the selected action, and then put the focus back to the editing area. Enter Close the combo box without executing an action, and put the focus back to the toolbar. Esc
Color selection box navigation
Edit action Keyboard shortcut Move forward through colors in a color selection box. Tab or Down Arrow Move backward through colors in a color selection box. Shift+Tab or Up Arrow Apply the selected color to the current selection in the editing area, and move focus back to the editing area. Enter Close the color selection box without executing an action, and move focus back to the toolbar. Esc
Editor navigation
Edit action Keyboard shortcut Bold Ctrl+B Underline Ctrl+U Italic Ctrl+I Select all Ctrl+A Insert unordered list (Mozilla Firefox only) Ctrl+\ Undo Ctrl+Z Redo Ctrl+Y Copy Ctrl+C Cut Ctrl+X Paste Ctrl+V Move to the previous or next word. Ctrl+Left or Ctrl+Right Remove the previous word. Ctrl+Backspace Remove the current word. Ctrl+Delete Create a new line in the same paragraph or list item. Shift+Enter Open link dialog Ctrl+L Access the toolbar Alt+F10 Escape the toolbar and return focus to editor ESC
IBM and accessibility
For more information about the commitment that IBM has to accessibility, go to the IBM Accessibility Center at http://www.ibm.com/able.
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