Use the keyboard shortcuts available for search to navigate
the Advanced Search and the Search
Results pages.
Keyboard navigation for Search
In Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla
Firefox, press Alt+Shift to activate the access key. For example,
pressing Alt+Shift+A skips the focus to the
Activities tab
when you are on the
Search Results page.
To
access the
Advanced Search page, use the following
keyboard shortcuts:
- Focus on the Search menu by navigating
to it using the Tab key, or by using virtual PC cursor mode.
- Press Enter to open the Search menu.
Note: JAWS
users must turn off virtual PC cursor mode to activate the Search menu.
- Use the Down Arrow to navigate to the Advanced option.
- Press Enter to select the Advanced option.
To submit a search on the Advanced Search page,
ensure that the focus is on the Search button
and press Enter.
Use the keyboard shortcuts listed in the following
table to navigate and work with your search results.
Table 1. Keyboard
shortcuts for navigating the Search Results page| Action |
Keyboard shortcut |
|---|
| Display search results from Activities. |
A |
| Display search results from Blogs. |
B |
| Display search results from Communities. |
C |
| Display search results from Bookmarks. |
D |
| Display search results from Files. |
F |
| Display search results from Forums. |
G |
| Display all search results. |
N |
| Display search results from Profiles. |
P |
| Display search results from Status Updates. |
S |
| Display search results from Wikis. |
W |
| Select a search result (the focus must be on
the search result). |
Enter |
To navigate the tag collection:
- When it is displayed as a cloud, pressing the Tab key gives focus
to the first tag in the cloud. Use the arrow keys to move directly
to the tag that you want to select, and then press Enter.
- When it is displayed as a list, pressing the Tab key gives focus
to the first tag in the list. Use the arrow keys to move down the
list to the tag that you want to select, and then press Enter.
To use the People slider,
skip the focus to the slider and press the Left Arrow and Right Arrow
keys to adjust the size of the display.