Use a text cursor to navigate & select text

You can navigate web pages, select text, and click links with your keyboard instead of your mouse. This setting is called caret browsing.

Turn on caret browsing

Important: To use caret browsing, you must connect an external keyboard.

1. On your Android device, open Chrome .
2. Open a New tab.
3. Select More Settings Accessibility.
4. Turn Navigate pages with a text cursor when a keyboard is attached on or off.

Tips:

• To use caret browsing in a web page, press the arrow keys.
  • This moves a blinking text cursor.
• To jump by words or paragraphs, press and hold Ctrl + arrows.
• You can also turn caret browsing on and off with the keyboard shortcut "F7."
  • For ChromeOS, press Ctrl + F7.

Get more help

For more Accessibility help, contact the Disability Support team.