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 Abhishek Biswas (ABHISHEKB1090)
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Abhishek Biswas
Cognizant Technology Solutions
GB
ABHISHEKB1090 Member since 2015 8 posts
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Posted: Jan 31, 2022
Last activity: Jan 31, 2022
Posted: 31 Jan 2022 6:41 EST
Last activity: 31 Jan 2022 12:49 EST
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Navigate Screen/Table Using Cursor Keys

Hi,

We are currently on Pega 8.3.0 and for accessibility we need to allow users to navigate fields or columns in tables using the cursor keys. Is there any way to achieve this?

Please note, that we can navigate via the up and down keys but trying to find a way to navigate via the left and right keys

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Posted: 4 years ago
Posted: 31 Jan 2022 8:47 EST
Marije Schillern (MarijeSchillern)
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Senior Knowledge Management Specialist
Pegasystems Inc.
GB

@ABHISHEKB1090can you clarify what is the behaviour when your user tries this in the table you have configured currently?

The below article shows the OOTB functionality:

https://docs-previous.pega.com/user-experience-cosmos-react/86/supported-keyboard-navigation

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@ABHISHEKB1090can you clarify what is the behaviour when your user tries this in the table you have configured currently?

The below article shows the OOTB functionality:

https://docs-previous.pega.com/user-experience-cosmos-react/86/supported-keyboard-navigation

Repeating dynamic layout
  • Tab to exit the repeating dynamic layout
  • Arrow keys to navigate between items
  • Enter key to select a repeatable item
  • Esc key to deselect a repeatable item
  • Right arrow and Left arrow keys to navigate inside a repeatable item
  • When focus rests on the layout, the AT reads the summary information about the layout and the number of rows in the layout.
  • After loading new content, the focus rests on the newly added elements.
  • You can revert to tab navigation by selecting the Use form navigation (by tab) check box in the Accessibility node of the layout properties.
Tables
  • Tab to exit the table
  • Arrow keys to navigate between cells or interactive items in a cell
  • Enter to engage with interactive items in a cell
  • Esc to deselect an interactive item in a cell
  • If the table cell contains a component with which the user can interact, the focus rests on that component when you press Enter.
  • The AT reads the header label as a button to inform the user that the label is a clickable element that enables sorting.
Tabs
  • Tab to change focus
  • Left arrow and Right arrow to navigate
  • Home to skip to the first tab
  • End to skip to the last tab
  • The component is activated automatically on focus.
  • The AT reads the tab name when the focus falls on the tab pane.

Below shows the limitations based on standard windows navigation:

https://collaborate.pega.com/discussion/pega-keyboard-shortcuts

 

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Posted: 4 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago
Posted: 31 Jan 2022 12:48 EST
Updated: 31 Jan 2022 12:49 EST
Abhishek Biswas (ABHISHEKB1090)
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Abhishek Biswas
Cognizant Technology Solutions
GB

@MarijeSchillern We are using Pega 8.3.0 and on enabling the Accessibility mode we see that we can navigate a row in the table using tab key strokes and use the up and down arrow keys to select any rows in the table. However, we want user to be able to use the left and right cursor keys to switch among the columns for any row in the table

Also the fix document shared is for 8.6, is it a known fix for Pega version 8.6 and above?

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