ASP.NET MVC Navigation Menu Accessibility Keyboard Navigation

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The keyboard navigation of the Menu is always available.

When the Menu is focused, the first root item is activated.

The Menu supports the following keyboard shortcuts:

SHORTCUT	DESCRIPTION
`Home`	Focuses the first item.
`End`	Focuses the last item.
`Left Arrow`	Moves the active item on the root level of a horizontal Menu to the left. Closes an item group.
`Right Arrow`	Moves the active item on the root level of a horizontal Menu to the right. Opens an item group of a vertical Menu. If the previous active item has been inside an item group, moves the active state to the next root item of a horizontal Menu.
`Up Arrow`	Moves upwards the active item of a vertical Menu item group.
`Down Arrow`	Moves downwards the active item of a vertical Menu item group. Opens an item group of a horizontal Menu.
`Enter`	Selects or navigates the focused item.
`Space`	Selects or navigates the focused item.
`Esc`	Closes an item group.
(`Shift`+) `Tab`	Blurs the Menu and moves the focus to the next or previous focusable element on the page.

Keyboard Navigation