---
title: Workflow editor keyboard navigation
description: The platform includes accessibility features that makes the interface accessible to users with disabilities.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/build-workflows/legacy-workflow/workflow-keyboard-access.html
release: australia
product: Legacy Workflow
classification: legacy-workflow
topic_type: reference
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Workflow editor, Classic Workflow, Build workflows]
---

# Workflow editor keyboard navigation

The platform includes accessibility features that makes the interface accessible to users with disabilities.

These features improve the user experience when accessing platform functions with [Using accessibility features](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/platform-user-interface/keyboard-accessibility.md). In general, you use the following set of standard keyboard navigation functions:

-   Press **Tab** to navigate major groupings in a pre-defined sequence. This usually includes moving between standard interface controls \(fields and lists\) in a module, or between records within a tab.

    Press **Shift** **Tab** to move backwards in a pre-defined sequence.

-   Use arrow keys \(left, right, up, down\) to navigate between individual elements within a group. This usually includes moving between tabs, or between available selections within a specific control \(for example, within a list\).
-   Press **Enter** to select a control or tab, or enter text within a control.

The Workflow Editor is constructed in a unique manner. It includes a series of main \(left\) panel tabs, a series of side \(right\) panel tabs, and a drawing canvas for workflow creation or editing. As such, it has its own unique set of keyboard accessibility functions and commands.

-   **[Welcome page keyboard commands](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/build-workflows/legacy-workflow/welcome-page-keyboard-commands.md)**  
Use keyboard commands to navigate and operate the Workflow Editor Welcome page.
-   **[Workflow drawing canvas keyboard commands](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/build-workflows/legacy-workflow/workflow-canvas-keyboard-commands.md)**  
Use keyboard commands to navigate and operate the Workflow Editor canvas.

**Parent Topic:**[Workflow editor](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/build-workflows/legacy-workflow/workflow-editor.md)