Keyboard Shortcuts in Accessible Theme

All elements within the CV user interface are accessible via the keyboard when the user sets the Accessible user interface theme. CV enables the use of keystrokes and other keyboard shortcuts to move the on-screen focus and to activate menus and functions.

 

CV uses a gold-colored border or outline as a visual indicator of what on-screen element is in keyboard focus. Keyboard focus determines which window or control will receive information typed at the keyboard. For example, pressing the Tab key or the right arrow key will move the keyboard focus to the next on-screen field or button. Pressing Tab immediately after logging in initiates CV's implementation of skip navigation. A link will display on the browser page titled Skip to Main Content. Pressing Enter any time this element is on-screen will place the main portal tab in keyboard focus. Pressing Tab while on the Skip to Main Content link will take the focus to the next on-screen element.

 

In general, pressing the Enter key or the Spacebar when a screen element or button has keyboard focus mimics a mouse click. The Alt + 4 keystroke combination is unique to CV in that it enables the user to jump directly to the top or main element in a panel or dialog box.

 

The following figure displays the Assigned Patients widget. Navigate through the widget using the Tab key. As you tab, different elements within the widget will be placed in keyboard focus. Pressing Enter with the patient name in focus (as shown in the figure) will select the patient and open the Patient Portal. When either the My Assigned Patients and Group Assigned Patients tab is in keyboard focus, use the left and right arrow keys to jump between tabs.

 

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The following information summarizes keystrokes and other on-screen keyboard navigation options available within the Accessible theme.

 

Keystroke Description
Application & Portal Navigation
Alt + 4

Press to transfer keyboard focus to the main or top on-screen element:

- On a portal page, focus is transferred to the Provider Portal tab.

- In a widget, focus is transferred to the first link or data element.

- In a dialog box, focus is transferred to the dialog close X button.

Enter Press to transfer keyboard focus to the highlighted widget.
Tab Press to transfer keyboard focus to other user interface items.
Esc Press to return keyboard focus to the element containing the user interface item with keyboard focus or to exit a window, widget, or tab.
Spacebar Press to activate an element in focus (for example, click a button).
Arrow keys

When focused on a widget, press the arrow keys to change page viewing in a widget's data table.

When keyboard focus is on a drop-down list, press the down arrow to view the contents.

Portal Tabs
Arrow keys

Use the left and right arrow keys to move between portal tabs.

Tab

Press Tab one or more times when focus is on a portal tab to place the (+) in keyboard focus.

Note: Press Enter while the (+) is in focus to add a new portal tab. A dialog will prompt the user to enter a name for the tab.

Esc

To remove a tab, focus on the portal tab and press Esc.

Windows or Dialog Boxes
Tab Press Tab to move the keyboard focus to other user interface items within the window.
Adding Widgets to the On-screen Portal
Alt + 1, 2, or 3

To add a widget from the widget tray using keystrokes:

1.   First determine which column (1, 2, or 3) to place the widget on-screen.

2.   Focus the desired widget icon within the widget tray and press Alt and the 1, 2, or 3 key, depending on the desired column.

Note: The Demographics widget and the Pain Management widget within the first tab of the Patient Portal are static widgets that cannot be removed or placed in a different position. Pressing Alt + 1 or Alt + 2 when those widgets are displayed within the first tab of the portal places the new widget on the portal immediately below the Demographics or Pain Management widgets.

 

 

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