Keyboard Navigation

The keyboard navigation of the Menu is always available.

When the Menu is focused, the first root item is activated.

The Menu supports the following keyboard shortcuts:

SHORTCUT	DESCRIPTION
Home	Focuses the first item.
End	Focuses the last item.
Left Arrow	Moves the active item on the root level of a horizontal Menu to the left. Closes an item group.
Right Arrow	Moves the active item on the root level of a horizontal Menu to the right. Opens an item group of a vertical Menu. If the previous active item has been inside an item group, moves the active state to the next root item of a horizontal Menu.
Up Arrow	Moves upwards the active item of a vertical Menu item group.
Down Arrow	Moves downwards the active item of a vertical Menu item group. Opens an item group of a horizontal Menu.
Enter	Selects or navigates the focused item.
Space	Selects or navigates the focused item.
Esc	Closes an item group.
(Shift+) Tab	Blurs the Menu and moves the focus to the next or previous focusable element on the page.

See Also

• Keyboard Navigation by the Menu HtmlHelper for ASP.NET MVC (Demo)
• Server-Side API