Through your website without a mouse. Check it in five minutes.
Many people use the web with a keyboard only: because they cannot use a mouse, because they use a screen reader, or simply because it is faster. See what matters and try it right here.
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What our scanner measures on every page
Switch the checks on and watch how a well-built page responds. Focus order, zoom and text spacing are tested automatically on every page we scan.
Text spacing 1.4.12
Wider line, word and letter spacing, as people with dyslexia often set it. Nothing may be cut off or overlap.
Zoom to 200% 1.4.4 · 1.4.10
Text twice as large on a narrow screen. Everything has to stay readable and usable without scrolling sideways.
Focus order 2.4.3 · 2.4.7
This is how you move through a page with the Tab key. The order has to make sense, and you must always see where you are.
Practise: press the Tab key
Click once into the empty area above the practice card, then press Tab a few times. Shift + Tab goes back. On the right you see where the focus is and the path it took.
Your own site in five minutes
Put the mouse aside. Open your home page and one important page such as contact, basket or booking.
- Right at the startPress Tab once. Does a "Skip to content" link appear, or does the focus land visibly on the first element? Otherwise people have to go through the whole menu every time (2.4.1).
- See where you areKeep tabbing. Is it always obvious which element has the focus? A thin, pale ring is often not enough (2.4.7, 2.4.11).
- OrderDoes the focus follow the reading order: header, content, footer, and top to bottom in forms? If it jumps around, the order is wrong (2.4.3).
- Everything reachableCan every menu, slider, accordion and cookie notice be used with Tab, Enter, Space and the arrow keys (2.1.1)?
- No trapCan you get out of every dialog, video player and embedded element again, with Tab or Esc (2.1.2)?
- Nothing hiddenDoes the focused link never disappear behind a sticky header, chat button or cookie banner (2.4.11)?
- No surprisesDoes nothing unexpected happen on focus alone, such as a page change or a window opening (3.2.1)?
Which key should do what
| Key | Expected result |
|---|---|
| Tab | Move to the next link, button or form field. |
| Shift + Tab | Back to the previous element. |
| Enter | Follow a link, press a button, submit a form. |
| Space | Press a button, toggle a checkbox, scroll the page down. |
| Arrow keys | Move within a group: radio buttons, select lists, tabs, menus, sliders. |
| Esc | Close a dialog, menu or tooltip. |
| Home / End | First or last item in lists and tabs. |
Typical failures and the criterion they break
- outline: none without a replacementThe browser focus ring is removed in CSS and nothing replaces it.2.4.7
- Clickable div and span elementsLooks like a button but is not one: not reachable with Tab, Enter does nothing.2.1.1
- tabindex greater than 0Forces a custom order that almost never matches the reading order.2.4.3
- Dialogs without focus managementFocus stays behind the dialog, or you cannot get out again.2.1.2
- Sticky header hides the focusWhen tabbing back, the focused link slides under the fixed header.2.4.11
- Menus that open on hover onlySub-menus open on mouse hover and cannot be reached with the keyboard.1.4.13
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