Keyboard Navigation

The keyboard navigation of the Menu is always available.

When the Menu is focused, its first root item is activated. For a complete example, refer to the demo on keyboard navigation of the Menu.

Kendo UI 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 horizontal Menus to the left. Closes an item group.
Right Arrow	Moves the active item on the root level of horizontal Menus 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 the active item of vertical Menu item groups upwards.
Down Arrow	Moves the active item of vertical Menu item groups downwards. 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 (previous) focusable page element.

See Also

• Keyboard Navigation by the Menu (Demo)
• Keyboard Support in Kendo UI for jQuery
• Accessibility in the Menu