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WAI WCAG Understanding: Character Key Shortcuts
Explains accessibility risks for shortcuts made only from letter, punctuation, number, or symbol keys and requires a way to turn them off, remap them, or limit them to focused components.
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Pattern Decisions This Source Supports
| Pattern | Supported decision | Required contract | Claim note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keyboard shortcut | Choose keyboard shortcut when the design problem is accelerating one known command with a key combination, not helping users discover commands. | A shortcut maps to one named command, focus target, or mode and uses the same command handler as visible controls. | Supports disabling, remapping, or focus-scoping shortcuts made only from character keys. |
Comparisons supported by this source
- Keyboard shortcut vs command palette vs menu menubar vs toolbar vs undo vs redo
Supports turn off, remap, or focus-scope requirements for character-key shortcuts.
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Publisher: W3C WAI. Last checked: .