Overview

• Navigate from left to right and top to bottom using the Tab key.  Use Shift-Tab to reverse direction. Press the Enter key or SpaceBar to click on a selection.
• Move up and down main menu list in Navigator using the arrow keys.  Press the Enter key or SpaceBar to click on a selection.
• Use the Spacebar to go from top to bottom on dropdown menus.
• If you use the JAWS screen reader and expand the Main Menu, you will hear Menu Search Menu: Edit. Type in text. To move through items, press up or down arrow. At this point, tab three times and then use the arrow keys.
• To move through the menu items, use the up and down arrow keys. You may use Tab instead of the down arrow. 
• To open a submenu or select a page from an expanded menu, press Enter or the SpaceBar.
• For more information about SPIRE accessibility, visit SPIRE Accessibility Features or email spire-support@it.umass.edu

Dropdown menu keyboard shortcuts

Tab: Use this key to navigate from left to right and/or top to bottom.

Up Arrow: Moves up through the menu items.
 

Down Arrow: Moves down through the menu items.
 

Right Arrow: While looking in Navigator at the Main Menu, the right arrow opens a submenu to reveal its contents (more submenus or links to SPIRE pages). Use the right arrow to move to any submenus you selected on the way to the page you are viewing.
 

Left arrow: The left arrow closes the current submenu and sets the focus on its parent submenu.
 

Enter: Selects a menu item (submenu or SPIRE page).