.NET MAUI TabView Keyboard Navigation Support on Desktop

Updated on Aug 11, 2026

The Telerik UI for .NET MAUI TabView provides keyboard navigation support on WinUI and MacCatalyst.

The table below lists the available keyboard combinations and their corresponding actions:

Hotkey	Action
Tab	Enters or exits the TabView and focuses the selected tab (if selection is set— by default the first tab is selected).
Left Arrow	Navigates to the previous tab in the TabView.
Right Arrow	Navigates to the next tab in the TabView.
Down Arrow	Navigates to the next tab in the TabView—in vertical orientation.
Up Arrow	Navigates to the previous tab in the TabView—in vertical orientation.
Enter	Selects the currently focused tab.
Space	Selects the currently focused tab.

Here is how the keyboard navigation support looks on WinUI:

Setting CurrentItem

The TabView allows you to use the CurrentItem property of type object to programmatically modify the current item during keyboard navigation.

See Also

• TabViewItem
• Styling
• Templates