Dreamweaver

Navigate Dreamweaver using the keyboard

You can use the keyboard to navigate panels, inspectors, dialog boxes, frames, and tables without a mouse.

Note: Tabbing and the use of arrow keys are supported for Windows only.

Navigate panels

  1. In the Document window, press Control+F6 to shift focus to a panel.

    A dotted line around the panel title indicates that focus is on that panel. The screen reader reads the panel title bar that has focus.

  2. Press Control+F6 again to shift focus until you have focus on the panel you want to work in. (Press Control+Shift+F6 to shift focus to the previous panel.)
  3. If the panel you want to work in is not open, use the keyboard shortcuts in the Windows menu to display the appropriate panel; then press Control+F6.

    If the panel you want to work in is open, but not expanded, place focus on the panel title bar, and then press the Spacebar. Press the Spacebar again to collapse the panel.

  4. Press the Tab key to move through the options in the panel.
  5. Use the arrow keys as appropriate:

    • If an option has choices, use the arrow keys to scroll through the choices, and then press the Spacebar to make a selection.

    • If there are tabs in the panel group to open other panels, place focus on the open tab, and then use the left or right arrow key to open another tabs. Once you open a new tab, press the Tab key to move through the options in that panel.

Navigate the Property inspector

  1. Press Control+F3 (Windows only) to display the Property inspector, if it is not visible.
  2. Press Control+Alt+Tab until you shift focus to the Property inspector.
  3. Press the Tab key to move through the Property inspector options.
  4. Use the arrow keys as appropriate to move through option choices.
  5. Press Control+Tab to open and close the expanded section of the Property inspector, as necessary, or, with focus on the expander arrow in the lower-right corner, press the Spacebar.

Navigate a dialog box

  1. Press the Tab key to move through the options in a dialog box.
  2. Use the arrow keys to move through choices for an option.
  3. If the dialog box has a Category list, press Control+Tab (Windows) to shift focus to the category list, and then use the arrow keys to move up or down the list.
  4. Press Control+Tab again to shift to the options for a category.
  5. Press Enter to exit the dialog box.

Navigate frames

 If your document contains frames, you can use the arrow keys to shift focus to a frame.

Select a frame

  1. Press Alt+Down Arrow to place the insertion point in the Document window.
  2. Press Alt+Up Arrow to select the frame that currently has focus.
  3. Continue pressing Alt+Up Arrow to shift focus to the frameset, and then to the parent framesets, if there are nested framesets.
  4. Press Alt+Down Arrow to shift focus to a child frameset or a single frame within the frameset.
  5. With focus on a single frame, press Alt+Left or Right Arrow to move between frames.

Navigate a table

  1. Use the arrow keys or press Tab to move to other cells in a table as necessary.
    Pressing Tab in a right-most cell adds another row to the table.
  2. To select a cell, press Control+A (Windows only) while the insertion point is in the cell.
  3. To select the entire table, press Control+A twice if the insertion point is in a cell, or once if a cell is selected.
  4. To exit the table, press Control+A three times if the insertion point is in a cell, twice if the cell is selected, or once if the table is selected, and then press the Up, Left, or Right Arrow key.