Keyboard Navigation

The Kendo UI for Angular Sortable provides keyboard navigation support to enhance accessibility and improve user experience. Keyboard navigation is enabled by default, allowing users to navigate and reorder items using keyboard shortcuts. This feature is particularly useful for users who rely on keyboard navigation or assistive technologies.

Starting with Kendo UI for Angular v19.0.0, the Sortable keyboard navigation is enabled by default. To disable it, set the navigable property to false.

The Sortable supports the following keyboard shortcuts:

SHORTCUT	DESCRIPTION
Enter	Focuses the first focusable element within the item's content (if any). Focus is trapped and wrapped within the item content.
Escape	When focus is on an internal element within a Sortable item, returns the focus to the item wrapper.
Right Arrow / Down Arrow	Sets the focus on the next available item.
Left Arrow / Up Arrow	Sets the focus on the previously available item.
Ctrl/⌘+Right Arrow / Down Arrow	Moves the focused item after the next item.
Ctrl/⌘+Left Arrow / Up Arrow	Moves the focused item before the previous item.

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Suggested Links

• API Reference of the Sortable
• Right-to-Left Support for Sortable