In addition to keytips and keyboard accelerators that are used to activate a specific command in the larger context of the ribbon using the keyboard, Radiance components come with built-in support for navigating command buttons based UIs using keyboard only.
| Key(s) | Action | Additional info | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traversal | tab | Go to next control | Same as in core Swing |
| shift+tab | Go to previous control | Same as in core Swing | |
| ctrl+tab | Move focus within the command button | Between action and popup areas | |
| ctrl+shift+tab | Move focus within the command button | Between action and popup areas | |
| Ribbon task traversal | alt,left | Move task selection one to the left | Selection changed when "left" key is pressed while the ribbon is in keytip mode |
| alt,right | Move task selection one to the right | Selection changed when "right" key is pressed while the ribbon is in keytip mode | |
| Activation | space | Activate | Run action or show popup |
| enter | Activate | Run action or show popup | |
| Popups | up | Go to next element upwards | - |
| down | Go to next element downwards | - | |
| right | Go to next element rightwards | - | |
| left | Go to next element leftwards | - | |
| esc | Dismiss the popup | - |