Accessibility
TinyMCE is compatible with screen readers such as JAWS and NVDA as it follows the WAI-ARIA specification. Use NVDA together with Firefox for the best Accessibility experience.
Keyboard shortcuts
The Alt+key
shortcut assumes that you are currently in the content area of the editor.
Alt Key | Result |
---|---|
Alt + F9 | Focus/jump to menu bar |
Alt + F10 | Focus/jump to toolbar |
Alt + F11 | Focus/jump to element path |
Esc | Close menu/submenu/dialog (also gets you back to editor area) |
Tab/Arrow | Navigate left/right through menu/toolbar |
How to work with the editor
The content area has initial focus when you navigate into an editor instance. Up Arrow
and Down Arrow
gives you paragraphs, headings and other items such as links. Note that NVDA and Firefox treat links as embedded characters, you have actually to navigate into them to read their texts, but they are accessible.
Press Alt+F9
to move focus to the menu bar. Left Arrow
and Right Arrow
navigates through the top menu items. Down Arrow
opens the menu. Press Esc
once to go back to the top level. Right Arrow
on a submenu navigate into them while Esc
backs out.
Alternatively, press Alt+F10
to focus on the toolbars. The first toolbar has focus and you can Tab
or arrow through the items. Submenu items and panels are opened with Down Arrow
and closed with Esc
. When you reach the end of one toolbar the Right Arrow
and Left Arrow
wrap to the next and previous toolbars respectively. Esc
brings you back into the central content area.
Dialogs such as Insert/Edit or Image/Video are opened from either the menus or the toolbars. These are multi-page dialogs with at least two tabs at the top. The Right Arrow
and Left Arrow
moves between the tabs in the tab list. Space
makes the current tab active. Tab moves into the panel and through the controls. Save
accepts changes, Esc
or Cancel
discards changes.
You can insert emoticons or change the text and background colors on the toolbars and in the formatting menu. These are panels you open by pressing Down Arrow
or Enter
on their respective menu/toolbar items and then use the arrow keys to select the item you want to be applied/inserted. All of these items are screen reader enabled allowing the visually impaired to navigate the toolbars and menu structure.