Use a screen reader to explore and navigate To Do
Applies ToMicrosoft To Do

This article is for people who use a screen reader program such as Windows Narrator, JAWS, or NVDA with Windows tools or features and Microsoft 365 products. This article is part of the Accessibility help & learning content set where you can find more accessibility information on our apps. For general help, visit Microsoft Support.

Use To Do with your keyboard and a screen reader to explore and navigate the different views and move between them. We have tested it with Narrator, JAWS, and NVDA, but it might work with other screen readers as long as they follow common accessibility standards and techniques.

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Navigate the To Do main view

The To Do main view has the following areas:

  • The sidebar menu on the left side of the screen, which includes the following elements:

    • The user menu button to access your account and the app settings.

    • The Search text field to search for tasks and lists.

    • The list of task lists containing the My Day, Important, Planned, Tasks, and any lists you have either activated or created yourself, followed by the New List button and the button for creating new groups.

  • The main content area, which contains the currently selected task list. When the focus is on a task in a list, and you press Enter, the task detail view opens to the right of the screen.

To move between the sidebar menu and the main content area, press F6.

To navigate within the main view, press the Tab key (forward) or Shift+Tab (backward). To navigate inside the sidebar menu, press the Up or Down arrow key.

Navigate to the To Do settings

  1. To access the To Do settings, press the Tab key until you hear "User menu button," and then press Enter.

  2. Press the Down arrow key until you hear "Settings," and then press Enter.

  3. To navigate the Settings window, press the Tab key, Shift+Tab, or the Down or Up arrow key.

  4. To exit the Settings window, press Shift+Tab or the Tab key until you hear "Go back button," and then press Enter.

Navigate the task list view

The main content area in the To Do main view contains the task list view which shows the tasks in the currently selected list, either a built-in list such as My Day, Important, Planned, or Tasks, or a list you have activated or created yourself. For more information on lists, refer to Use a screen reader to work with lists in To Do.

The task list view in the main content area has the following elements:

  • The emoji button for adding or changing an emoji for a list (for user-created lists only).

  • The list name text field.

  • The Share list button (for user-created lists only).

  • The Keep on top button to pin the To Do app window to the top in every view.

  • The Suggestions button to open the Suggestions pane (for the My Day list only).

  • The List options button which lets you access additional options such as Rename list, Remove from group, and Delete list. The available options depend on the selected list.

  • The Completed button to show or hide completed tasks.

  • List of tasks, each task line starting with a Complete task radio button and ending in a Mark as important checkbox.

  • The Add a task text field.

To navigate between the elements, press the Tab key or Shift+Tab. To navigate between tasks in a task list, press the Up or Down arrow key.

Navigate the detail view

  1. To open the detail view for a task, press Enter when the focus is on the task in the task list.

  2. To navigate in the detail view, press the Tab key, Shift+Tab, or the Up or Down arrow key.

  3. To exit the detail view, press the Tab key until you hear "Dismiss detail view," and then press Enter.

For more information about working with tasks, refer to Use a screen reader to work with tasks in To Do.

Navigate the Suggestions pane

The Suggestions pane includes a list of suggested tasks you can add to the My Day list.

  1. To open the Suggestions pane, with the My Day list selected, press the Tab key or Shift+Tab until you hear "Suggestions, button," and then press Enter.

  2. To browse the list of suggestions, press the Up or Down arrow key.

  3. To exit the Suggestions pane, press Esc.

For more information on suggestions, refer to Use a screen reader to work with suggestions in To Do.

See also

Use a screen reader to work with lists in To Do

Use a screen reader to work with tasks in To Do

Use a screen reader to work with suggestions in To Do

Use a screen reader to move tasks between or within lists in To Do

Use a screen reader to work with multiple accounts in To Do

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