Google Workspace Lesson 3: Google Calendar Shortcuts

Next On Your Schedule, Google Calendar s

And last section of this module, Google calendar! You should only need to turn on keyboard shortcuts once.

Step 1

Open a new tab in your web browser and navigate to the address bar.

Type in calendar.google.com and press enter.

Step 2

Navigate to the "settings" button. Press enter. Press enter once more on "settings."

Step 3

Navigate by heading until you hear "keyboard shortcuts." Use your down arrow to locate the "enable keyboard shortcuts" checkbox. Press spacebar to check the box. Press escape to close.

Step 4

Turn off the virtual view of your respective screen reader and enjoy.

Tips

Schedule view is the recommended view for accessing the calendar with a screen reader.

When in schedule view, use up and down arrows to move through a day's events, and use left and right arrows to move between days.

Here are a couple of shortcuts to get you started, but you will find a comprehensive list linked below.

Press a - to switch to schedule view
Press c - to create a new event
Press e - to edit an event
Press t - to go to today's events

You can visit the comprehensive list of keyboard shortcuts for Google Calendar, or while in Google Calendar, press "control /" to bring up the available keyboard shortcuts. You will need to turn on your screen reader's virtual view to navigate the table of commands.

If you would like more comprehensive help understanding how to navigate Google Calendar with a screen reader, please visit this Google Workspace help article

Check out this video on NVDA and Google Calendar keyboard shortcuts

Troubleshooting

Ensure virtual cursor, browse mode, quick nav, or sticky mode is OFF
Refresh the page
While you should only need to turn on keyboard shortcuts once, you can always double check that they are still enabled if they start not to work.
Check if your browser needs an update.