
Using full keyboard access shortcuts with Safari
You can use the standard full keyboard access shortcuts to access and select buttons and menus in Safari. If you choose, you can also use the keyboard to highlight links in webpages.
Full keyboard access may be useful if you are a person with a disability and have difficulty using a mouse.
To turn on full keyboard access, open System Preferences and click Keyboard & Mouse, then click Keyboard Shortcuts. Select the checkbox to turn on full keyboard access.
If you want to highlight links in webpages using the Tab key, choose Preferences from the Safari menu, then click Advanced. Select the option to highlight each item on the web page using the Tab key.
If you turn on full keyboard access, Safari uses the standard shortcut keys to access menus and windows. Here are a few things to keep in mind:
- Press the Tab key to highlight buttons and text boxes in the address bar, bookmarks and bookmark collections in the bookmarks bar and Bookmarks Library, and tabs in the tab bar. You can also highlight buttons in webpages.
- Use the Up Arrow or Down Arrow keys to open menus for bookmark collections in the bookmarks bar and for the Back and Forward buttons in the address bar. You can also use the arrow keys to highlight items in these menus.
- If you've chosen to highlight links using the Tab key, you can press Option-Tab to select items that are not links. This can be useful if a page has a large number of links.
- Press the Space bar to select a highlighted button.
- Press Return to open a highlighted link