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From: Mallory
Date: Jul 17, 2020 2:18PM

I regularly use the address bar trick to bring my focus back to the top (although I don't use alt+D, I use ctrl+L), and have for years. This is the only way I know to get my focus back to the top, especially on pages like DuckDuckGo search where I am sometimes unable to scroll the page all the way back to the top with the UpArrow key.
I jump to the bottom by first jumping to the top and then Shift+Tabbing.

cheers,
_mallory

On Fri, Jul 17, 2020, at 8:53 PM, Don Raikes wrote:
> According to the google chrome support pageat :
> https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/157179?hl=en
>
> Goto the top of the page the keystroke is <home> but that doesn't
> seem to work unless it is just setting the visual focus and not the
> actual keyboard focus point.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2020 9:25 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Short cut keys
>
> I am not aware of any keyboard shortcuts that move the focus to the top
> or bottom of the page, although Alt+D moves the focus to the Address
> Bar. From there it's easy to get to the top or bottom of the page.
>
> Steve
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of Don Mauck
> Sent: 17 July 2020 17:04
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Short cut keys
>
> Is there a solution? I take it that the Control + home doesn't work either.
>
>
> Regards:
>
> Don Mauck | Senior Accessibility Evangelist | Accessibility Program
> Office | (APO)
>
> 303.334.4184
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2020 10:01 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Short cut keys
>
> The Home and End keys scroll the page to the top and bottom, but the
> focus does not move. They are therefore of limited use to people using
> keyboard navigation.
>
> Steve Green
> Managing Director
> Test Partners Ltd
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of
> Swift, Daniel P.
> Sent: 17 July 2020 16:56
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Short cut keys
>
> Hmmm - I just tried in FF, Chrome, IE11, and Edge and 'home' works as I
> would expect ('end' as well).
>
> Dan Swift
> Senior Web Specialist
> University Communications and Marketing
> West Chester University
> 610.738.0589
>
> From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of Don Mauck
> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2020 11:52 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Short cut keys
>
> Thank you, what troubles me is that I'm being told that it no longer
> works that way in Browsers.
>
>
> Regards:
>
> Don Mauck | Senior Accessibility Evangelist | Accessibility Program
> Office | (APO)
>
> 303.334.4184
> <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Swift, Daniel P. < <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >>
> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2020 9:49 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> < <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >>
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Short cut keys
>
> The 'home' key has always worked well for me (outside of AT). I thought
> when I tested with VO the home key worked as well.
>
> Dan Swift
> Senior Web Specialist
> University Communications and Marketing
> West Chester University
> 610.738.0589
>
> From: WebAIM-Forum
> < <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >> On Behalf Of Don Mauck
> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2020 11:40 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> < <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >>
> Subject: [WebAIM] Short cut keys
>
> As a JAWS and NVDA user, I've always used control + home to get to the
> top of a page in Browsers. I also thought that keystroke also worked
> outside of Assistive Technology.
>
> That assumption apparently is not true. So, I've been looking on
> different sites for consistent keystrokes to get to the top of the
> page. What am I missing?
>
>
>
>
>
> Regards:
>
>
>
> Don Mauck | Senior Accessibility Evangelist | Accessibility Program
> Office | (APO)
>
>
>
> 303.334.4184
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