Glossary

Keyboard trap

Written by Accessibility.com Team | Dec 20, 2022

A keyboard trap restricts keyboard users to a small part of page or makes them unable to move away from an element using the keyboard. 

Many users use keyboard access to navigate content. For those who rely solely on keyboard navigation or use keyboards to navigate with an assistive device, keyboard traps can render a page unusable.

This fails Leval A WCAG requirements, so any page with keyboard traps is considered inaccessible.