Where did keyboard focus become unclear?
An unclear focus point identifies the moment users lost their place during keyboard movement. Reproduce the actual sequence rather than treating feedback as a complete accessibility audit.
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Keyboard navigation feedback survey
Understand keyboard obstacles during common tasks.
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FOLLOW THE FEEDBACK
- Understand the context
Where did keyboard focus become unclear?
- Investigate the friction
Which control could you not reach?
- Choose a next check
What task needs a keyboard alternative?
A planning aid, not automated analysis of your answers.
Read the answers carefully
Keep the conclusion within the evidence.
Feedback does not replace accessibility testing.
Focus disappears after a modal closes. This is a synthetic example, not a customer result. Feedback does not replace accessibility testing.
A useful starting point
Questions to understand the actual experience.
Understand keyboard obstacles during common tasks. Use the prompts relevant to your audience and allow people to skip situations they did not encounter. Keep response handling consistent with what you explain in the invitation.
If nothing was unclear or difficult, say so. Skip questions about steps you did not experience; use not applicable where appropriate.
Which control could you not reach?
An unreachable control identifies a break in the keyboard path for a specific task. Reproduce and review the actual focus behavior, without treating a single questionnaire response as a complete accessibility audit.
What task needs a keyboard alternative?
A task needing a keyboard alternative identifies an interaction users cannot reliably complete with existing controls. Verify actual reachability and behavior through appropriate keyboard testing.
If nothing was unclear or difficult, say so. Skip questions about steps you did not experience; use not applicable where appropriate. Where did keyboard focus become unclear? Which control could you not reach? What task needs a keyboard alternative?
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A worked interpretation example
From a comment to a practical next step.
Illustrative scenario. These are not customer results.
Keep the finding specific
Focus disappears after a modal closes.
Choose an action to test
Restore focus to the initiating control.
Check the experience again
After trying the change, repeat “Where did keyboard focus become unclear?” with people who experienced it. Check whether they still describe the original issue: focus disappears after a modal closes. Compare explanations and sample context, rather than claiming the change caused an improvement.
Before you send it
Check what your wording assumes.
Would you agree that everything about keyboard navigation feedback was clear and easy?
Where did keyboard focus become unclear?
The first wording combines an assumed positive outcome with two different judgments. The revised prompt asks about a specific experience and permits an inconvenient or uncertain answer.
Choose the response format
Make room for the explanation.
| Question | Suggested format | What to preserve |
|---|---|---|
| Where did keyboard focus become unclear? | Optional short text | Retain the specific point or condition described; avoid replacing it with an unexplained rating. |
| Which control could you not reach? | Optional written explanation | Keep context that distinguishes different experiences. Feedback does not replace accessibility testing. |
| What task needs a keyboard alternative? | Optional improvement suggestion | Keep the suggested change separate from whether it has been tested. Restore focus to the initiating control. |
Make questions optional where appropriate. If you add a rating scale, label its endpoints, keep one idea per question, and retain a follow-up for reasons. These examples are not a validated measurement instrument.
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Make the feedback useful.
Set the decision
Start with the decision: Understand keyboard obstacles during common tasks.
Invite relevant voices
Invite people with relevant experience. Ask after someone has encountered the situation described in “Where did keyboard focus become unclear?”, while they can still recall the details. For material testing, show the actual draft first; for planning, ask before the next relevant activity.
Choose an action
Restore focus to the initiating control.
Before you send it
Questions, answered.
Who should receive this questionnaire?
Product users who attempted the described task. Ask only about steps each person encountered; do not treat a voluntary response sample as representative.
When should I ask these questions?
Ask after someone has encountered the situation described in “Where did keyboard focus become unclear?”, while they can still recall the details. For material testing, show the actual draft first; for planning, ask before the next relevant activity.
What should I investigate in the answers?
Focus disappears after a modal closes. This is an illustrative pattern to look for, not a claim about your respondents. Feedback does not replace accessibility testing.
What would a practical follow-up look like?
Restore focus to the initiating control. After trying the change, repeat “Where did keyboard focus become unclear?” with people who experienced it. Check whether they still describe the original issue: focus disappears after a modal closes. Compare explanations and sample context, rather than claiming the change caused an improvement.
How should I ask “Which control could you not reach?”?
An unreachable control identifies a break in the keyboard path for a specific task. Reproduce and review the actual focus behavior, without treating a single questionnaire response as a complete accessibility audit. Use an optional written explanation when predefined choices would hide relevant context.
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