Accessibility

This website has been designed and developed to ensure that its content is available to as many users as possible. Its accessibility features include:

Access keys

Access keys let you move to different sections of a website or areas within a page using the numbers on your keyboard. We have defined the following access keys on our site:

  • 0 Access keys help (this page)
  • 1 Queensland Government website home page
  • 2 Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority home page
  • 3 Site map
  • 4 Contact us
  • 5 Search keywords field.

Using access keys

Windows

Press Alt and the access key number to go to the linked page.

If you are using a Firefox browser on a Windows computer: press Alt and Shift and the access key number to go to the linked page.

Mac

Press control and option and the access key number to go to the linked page.

If you are using an assistive technology such as a screen reader to browse this site, skip links are provided at the beginning of the page to allow you to move quickly to key information such as the primary navigation, secondary navigation or content.

The links are not visible in a graphical browser but can be access as the first links in the tab order for each page.

Tab order

Each page has a logical tab order for navigating without a mouse. Most web browsers support the following keyboard functions:

  • press Tab to move to the next link or field
  • hold down Shift and press Tab to move backwards
  • press Enter to follow links and submit forms.

ARIA keyboard navigation

All rich interactive elements on the Queensland Government website can be navigated using key combinations recommended by the Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) standard.

When using a browser that supports ARIA, you can:

  • use the Tab key to enter an interactive element as part of the tab order for the page
  • use the arrow keys to move focus between the different controls for the interactive element; and
  • use the Enter key to activate a focussed control
  • use the Tab key to move to the next set of controls or to leave the interactive element.
Last updated 28 September 2022

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