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Keyboard navigationFocus orderARIA Authoring Practices Guide (APG)Web Content Accessibility GuidelinesKeyboard navigationFocus orderARIA Authoring Practices Guide (APG)Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

Keyboard navigation

Users should have the ability to navigate to and interact with the back to top button using their keyboard.

Example of a page with footer links and a back to top button that has keyboard interaction annotations
Key Result
Tab Shifts focus to back to top
Shift + Tab Shifts focus to the previous interactive element
Enter Activates back to top and moves focus to the very first interactive element on the page

Focus order

Back to top should be the last interactive element to receive focus.

ARIA Authoring Practices Guide (APG)

Learn to use the accessibility semantics defined by the Accessible Rich Internet Application (ARIA) specification to create accessible web experiences.

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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

Understanding documents provide detailed explanations for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) guidelines and success criteria.

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