The sad path
The sad path exercise puts barriers in the way of keyboard accessibility. Work through the page in the same way as the happy path and try to identify the issues. Technically it should still only take about 40 key presses.
If you need help along the way, select a "Help!" option in the sidebar section.
How to test using a keyboard
Read these tips before proceeding.
- Press Tab to move to the next link, form element or button.
- Press Shift+Tab to move to the previous link, form element, or button.
- Press Enter or the space bar to activate the current link or button and/or to make a selection.
- In some cases the arrow keys are used to navigate through controls within a component and/or make a selection.
- Try Esc or other keys if doing so would seem to make sense.
Based on tips from the #NoMouse Challenge
Try out some form elements
Keyboard through a modal
Press on the button below to rate this web page then close the modal.