Using forms/workflows

Form users must understand the following information in order to interact with accessible forms/workflows.

Keyboard Functions:

The following keyboard combinations are used when a user is not using a screen reader. If you are using a screen reader please read the documentation specific to your screen reader and see the topic Using Assistive Technology below.

Key Combination	Function

Key Combination	Function
tab/shift tab	navigate forward/backward between controls move through different tabs in a tab control, grid cells in a table, a signature light box cycle through options in a checkbox, move through the lightbox for an upload control. cycle through the controls in a section. When the last control in a section is in focus, the cursor advances to the next control in the form when you hit the tab key again. Note: If a section is expanded, tabbing will take you directly into the section's controls. Tabbing puts the focus on each tab of a tab control. If a tab is selected, it becomes the active tab, and its contents will be in the natural tab order.
Enter key or the space bar	select/deselect checkbox options expand/collapse a section add or remove a repeat item or rows in a table when the plus or minus icons have focus, open a link or associated pdf, select a date and close the date picker delete attachments that were uploaded, open the signature lightbox selects a tab
Space bar only	open the date picker open the browse file dialog for an upload control
Enter only	select a value and close a dropdown list
Escape	close lightboxes and help text windows
up,down,right,left arrows	cycle through the options of a dropdown or radio control and select a value. When the dropdown list is displaying, or you are cycling through the radio options, the left or up arrows select a previous value and the right or down arrows select the next value. Use the left/up arrows to select a previous day and the right/down arrows select the next day when the date picker is open. Note: The right/left arrow keys can also be used to cycle/select the options of a radio control.
Alt + up/down arrows on a windows keyboard or option + up/down arrows for the Mac	open/close a dropdown list.

Additional Details

The behaviors described below require the designer to enable the form/workflow Accessible property. See Designing Accessibility forms/workflows.

Required Controls

The designer can optionally enable the Accessibility property on the form/workflow. When enabled, required fields display a asterisk. If users move ahead from a required field without filling it, the error, "You can't leave this empty <control name>" displays. The translatable string, You\ can't\ leave\ this\ empty: is included in the downloaded locale file for form/workflow internationalization. Designer can translate this string to the preferred language as part of the form/workflow internationalization process.

Wet Signature controls

You will notice a Text box on the wet signature lightbox. Type your name, using the keyboard. Typed text will be entered into the signature area. Signature controls on mobile devices will not have the text entry field.

Using Assistive Technology

If you are using a screen reader please read the documentation specific to your screen reader. The only interaction that is specific to

is that you press the F2 key to display or hear field help text. The help text will disappear from the screen when the user advances to the next control.

If you use a navigation shortcut key such as the 'F' key to move through the cells in a table, when using NVDA, the fields are announced with the row number and column. If you use the down arrow key (or up arrow to reverse) to navigate, NVDA does not announce row & column. This is a function of the NVDA reader and cannot be changed by frevvo.

Enabling full keyboard navigation on the Mac

If you are using the Safari and/or Firefox browsers on a Mac, there are two preferences that you must enable to allow full keyboard only navigation via the tab key. Setting these options makes it possible for the user to tab to any control types, which are normally prevented by default.

The first setting is a system preference so it will affect most browsers you use on the Mac.

Go to System Preferences and select the Keyboard option (it may be “Keyboard & Mouse” depending on your version of OS X).
From within the Keyboard preferences, select the Shortcuts tab.
Locate the Full keyboard access: In windows and dialogs, press Tab to move the keyboard focus between option, and select "All Controls”.

The second setting is in the Safari browser:

Go to Safari -> Preferences
Under the Advanced tab, select the Press Tab to highlight each item on a webpage check box.

Designing Accessibility forms/workflows

Accessibility and frevvo