Questions tagged [keyboard]
physical interface for entering text character by character.
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Why did macOS Catalina change keyboard navigation (tab & shift-tab) to only text boxes & lists?
In macOS Catalina (or perhaps earlier?), macOS changed the default Tab & Shift+Tab keyboarding behavior from "all controls" to "only text boxes and lists", with Ctrl+F7 for ...
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Do interactive elements in a table need to tabbable if they can be reach by arrow key to meet accessibility A or AA standards?
I have a large table built with React Aria Components. The Table has PDF download button and some links in some of the cells. All the individual cells key be reached by using the arrow keys, so it is ...
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Why don't modern computer keyboards have dedicated keys for the most frequently used commands?
As an IT professional, I probably press the CMD+C, CMD+V combos more often than I press the key for letter Q. I also often use the command to copy a piece of screen to the clipboard, which is a super ...
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Mobile iPhone and Android - Highlight when using bluetooth keyboard on calendar display outside of frame
When using the bluetooth keyboard and tabbing through a calendar control, part of the highlight around the previous/next month is out of the calendar control.
Has anyone experienced the same? Was ...
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Is there a database or guide for existing keyboard shortcuts or conventions?
Is there a database or extensive guide on existing keyboard shortcuts or conventions for UX developers?
Could be useful to:
avoid keyboard shortcut conflicts with existing software that will be
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Tab order of floating buttons
We have a live support chat on our website, accessible via a button that always floats in the bottom right of the page, above other content. This chat widget inserts itself as the first child of the ...
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Concrete suggestions for dealing with a keyboard without direct Home, End, PageUp, PageDown keys (Fn activated)
First I apologize if this site is not the right place to ask this question. Please feel free to suggest an alternative stackexchange site that suits better the question.
The situation is the following:...
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How to Address Keyboard Limitations for Users without a Numeric Keypad?
I'm currently working on a web application where users can use their keyboard number pads (mainly the following keys 2,4,5,6,8) to change perspectives from which the user is watching a 3D scene. For ...
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What is the maximum allowable time between two keystrokes in progressive keyboard shortcuts?
A lot of modern web applications (like Atlassian) have progressive keyboard shortcuts instead of modifier ones, where in two keys are pressed in progression to invoke the action unlike modifier ...
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Can modern personal computer users do without a tab key?
I am sketching designs for a prospective minimalist personal computer keyboard.
I am considering omitting a TAB key. In this case, a user needing a tab would press some function key together with one ...
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Are there any right hand dominant alternatives to Dvorak keyboard layouts that are about as old as Dvorak?
Dvorak is unique in that it is right hand dominant.
Are there any keyboard layouts that are similar in that way that are about the same age to Dvorak(1936) by August Dvorak?
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Does the windows key only operate on release?
I noticed that the windows button only activates when you are no longer pressing down on it. However, I have found no documentation or article to verify that that this is either inherently true, or ...
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Why is the keyboard navigation and selection different for a group of checkboxes vs radio?
We are working on a multi-step survey flow that involves both single select radio options and multi-select checkbox options. We want to make sure it is easy to use for Keyboard users and have been ...
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Making an intuitive keyboard with only a joystick and a few buttons
I have an 8 direction joystick and a few buttons, layed out like an original ps1 controller but with a joystick instead of the d-pad.
I am trying to come up with an intuitive on-screen keyboard that's ...
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Keyboard navigation over repeating informational elements
I have a UI like this.
The user navigates through a list of people. To the right, there are two labels: Assigned and Active. A mouse user can click on the label to see some help text, as shown on the ...
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Does including a Konami-code triggered Easter Egg negatively impact keyboard accessibility?
On an open-source project I'm involved in, one of our devs added a mini-game for April Fools Day, which could be opened and played by pressing the Konami Code sequence on your keyboard (up, up, down, ...
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Best practices/rationale for unified vs separate keyboard/mouse navigation of lists?
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I'm in the process of designing/implementing a filterable object creation palette with categorized results for a visual content creation application. I'm trying to decide how to handle ...
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Reason for difference in behaviour of autcomplete interactions in input fields
There seems to be two different schools of thought when it comes to the autocompletion of input fields and I am wondering if there is a particular reason or rationale for each.
Basically, when the ...
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Page of carousels - Skip links / best keyboard navigation
This question relates to UX with keyboard navigation and a11y for screen reader users.
We have an app that uses multiple carousels of movies, similar to Netflix or Disney+, with their respective ...
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Why do the Western European countries use the AZERTY keyboard? What is the historical origin of this layout?
Most countries in the world use the QWERTY keyboard. The Central and Eastern European countries: Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, ...
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Which event type is preferable for keyboard interactions, "key up" or "key down"?
When implementing keyboard interactions, platforms provide two kinds of event: "key up" and "key down". For example:
The browser provides keyup and keydown.
macOS provides NSEvent....
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Why isn't the apostrophe on the 'front page' of mobile virtual keyboards?
In terms of punctuation marks the apostrophe, must be used almost as much as commas or full stops. Yet it doesn't get a front screen ( single press ) on either of the mobile keyboards I have loaded (...
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Are there any benefits of Click or Tap Volume?
I can't think of any benefit to emit an audible sound when one clicks or taps on a touchscreen or desktop. However, I have dealt with legacy products that have done this, not just on destructive ...
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Collapsible navigation sidebar and Bootstrap Dropdown, are these similar?
This is a control panel for administrators. The collapsible sidebar you see below contains links to other pages related to administration.
This image shows me navigating with the TAB key, ...
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Focus behavior in a modal navigation drawer?
How should focus ideally behave in a modal navigation drawer (much like the one from Material Design)? The modal would appear when I webpage is viewed on a small screen, be opened using a hamburger ...
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Enter key action on modal dialogs
The action of the Escape key on a modal dialog is clear in that it closes the dialog, effectively clicking a 'Cancel' button or similar.
However, what is the current consensus of the Enter key while ...
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Soft input panel for 480x320 LCD screen
I'm working on a Qt-based C++ project. The project includes a 480x320 TFT LCD screen for display. The screen is also capacitive and used for touch-based input. The screen is about the size of a credit ...
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For a command to increase something, should instructions refer to the "+" key or the "=" key?
Our software uses the =/+ and -/_ keys for opposite tasks. For example, increasing or decreasing a value, or zooming in or out. No modifier keys are used.
Here is the conundrum:
If we refer to it as ...
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Tab order through a matrix of radio buttons
I'm building an HTML form where the user can select one of three options for each day of the week. The wireframe proposed by the designer looks like this: a matrix of radio buttons, with columns for ...
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Which platforms support a Hyper modifier key?
I've seen that some platforms support the modifier key Hyper (separate from Ctrl, Alt, Shift, Super/Cmd/Windows modifier keys).
While this is not a common modifier, It's available in X11, and I read ...
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Has there been any research on one-handed Dvorak layout and smartphone (swipe) keyboard travel distance?
The Dvorak simplified keyboard is optimised for low finger travel distance, leading to faster typing and less wrist pain compared to the Qwerty layout. On a smartphone, most people effectively only ...
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What's the point of deactivating Num Lock on login screens? [closed]
Many login screens automatically deactivate the Num Lock key on the keyboard before the user can enter their password. This is extremely frustrating for the user as they involuntarily type their ...
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Availability of tooltip text for keyboard users
I am programming a desktop application and I use some icon-buttons without labels. I do not want to use Labels because of layout. So I set to every icon a descriptive tooltip text, because some icons ...
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What is the best mobile keyboard for alphanumeric input type?
I need to set the most user-friendly keyboard for anyone who enters his car's license plate number.
In the country I develop for, those are alphanumeric. There are other countries that use numbers ...
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Keyboard Shortcut For "Delay"
I'm currently building a web application which does task management.
A very common function is to "delay" the current task, which means it will be postponed until some point in the future. There's ...
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Which would be the logical way for shortcuts for up down left right arrows keys in a keyboard
What would be the more intuitive way to wire [←] [→] [↑] [↓] keys to the left side of the keyboard for shortcuts?
Currently, my app is mirroring the behaviour with the key e (up) d (down) s (left) ...
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What negative impacts changing language automatically in input fields can have on UX?
For users who use more than one language a common pattern happens when they enter data into the computer:
They write in one language until it's necessary to write in another language
They use ...
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How the fastest Spanish keyboard users type accent marks and Spanish-specific characters
Wondering what a proficient, super skilled Spanish text/copy editor individual does to type accents like á and tilde's like ñ. Wondering if they, on a Mac, would use the popup that appears if you hold ...
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Is there a universally recognizable, OS agnostic glyph for the Super key?
The reason I'm asking is trivial, but I can't come up with a better place to ask.
I bought a keyboard that has Super keys with the vendor logo printed on them.
I've been meaning to replace them with ...
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Is there a default behaviour for pressing the ENTER key on an IM dialog?
I believe that back when IM messages tended to be shorter, or at least when Twitter popularized the 120 character (or is it 140 now) limit, it made sense that the ENTER key would double up as a SAVE/...
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Preferential behaviour for displaying empty row states
Given a UI component is part of a control used to manage a collection of business items - in this case cargo's in a manifest - I'm trying to explore the preferential behaviour for the component when ...
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Inform user to press escape key
We have a rich text editor that has become fairly complicated due to client requirements.
Because of this I have created the functionality of pressing the ESC key to exit the current element. ...
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What are the options beyond the keyboard, for truly good quality text input?
I am currently typing this through gesture typing. That is how I do essentially all text input these days, but despite years of experience, clearly a keyboard is way better.
But the other realities ...
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It is a good idea to use a cta button on a search bar for an app?
In our company we’re creating an app about apply for jobs. Its main features and functionalities are: search all kind of jobs, list of results, and of course apply among other things.
The home page ...
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How come there's no standard way to submit a web form with the keyboard?
I know that in general you can hit Enter while focused on a form field to submit a form. However certain elements like selects and textareas break this behavior. How come we don't have a web standard ...
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Designing an array of buttons
Now I’m designing a single-view mobile application for iOS. The view contains a text area at the top, and an array of buttons for users to input characters. I’m deciding the layout of the buttons so ...
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Lengthy forms with scroll (on Web)
Is there any recommended way to tackle very lengthy forms, with long scrolls? I'm talking about web interface.
My use case requires the user to fill up a lengthy form for each operation ("operation" ...
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Why do some laptops have such poor keyboards? [closed]
Poor being:
lack of travel on keys
non standard layouts (not matching a standard keyboard layout)
Do people buy them without checking what they are like to type on ?
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Is focus outline useful on elements that can't be focused with tab?
I heard that:
using tabindex="-1" makes an element not accessible via tab, but still focusable manually
focus should be visible
In a situation with navigation on top, with links that cause the page ...
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Tap, Tap, Tap or Keyboard Entry
We are doing an internal makeover to our existing Timesheet Mac app. In that I ran into a situation where I have to decide either of the below options.
Option A : Tap, Tap, Tap
Like the smartphone ...
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