Single Letter Navigation

Screen readers use single letter navigation to help people move around web pages faster and more efficiently. Single letter navigation is just a fancy term for hitting just one letter on your keyboard to do something. We've already talked about hitting the letter h to go to the next heading. This is single letter navigation. Here are a few more letters that you might find useful to know.

Shift Makes You Move Up The Page

Holding down the shift key with any of the single letter commands will make you move to the previous instance of that element. For example, if you hit shift-h right now, you would go back up to the heading that started this section.

B is for Button

When you hit the letter b, you will go to the next button on the page. If you do this now, you will skip over the jibberish paragraphs and go right to the next part of this assignment.

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

M is for Frames

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

Non-link text is really just plain text, link what you are reading right now. You can hit n to skip over a big bunch of links and get to the text. Do this now to skip over the gibberish links.

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

F is for Form Field

If you hit the letter f, you will go to the next form field of any type. It could be an edit field, it could be a button, it could be a checkbox or combo box. It doesn't matter, f will get you to the next form field. This is useful if you are looking for a site's search box. Try it now.

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

bla dee bla bla doooo deeeee da bla bla bla die bla, bla, bla

Choose your state:

M is for Frames

A frame is a seperate section of a webpage. Somtimes an entirely different website can be shown in a frame on another page. This is the case with the site below. If you would like to get past this frame without reading the whole thing, you can hit the comma and it will take you past that container.

That was a frame. If you wanted to go directly to that frame from the top of the page, you could have hit m. If you were in that frame and wanted to get out, you could hit the comma and that will take you out of that frame.

Complete list of single letter commands