# keyboard_navigation

### Description

@short: Enables keyboard navigation in gantt

@signature: keyboard_navigation: boolean

### Example

~~~jsx
gantt.config.keyboard_navigation = true;
~~~

**Default value:** true

### Related samples
- [Keyboard Navigation](https://docs.dhtmlx.com/gantt/samples/02_extensions/16_keyboard_navigation.html)

### Details

:::note
This option is defined in the **keyboard_navigation** extension, so you need to activate the [keyboard_navigation](guides/extensions-list.md#keyboardnavigation) plugin. Read the details in the [Keyboard Navigation](guides/keyboard-navigation.md) article. 
:::

added in version 4.1

### Related API
- [keyboard_navigation_cells](api/config/keyboard_navigation_cells.md)
- [focus](api/method/focus.md)
- [addShortcut](api/method/addshortcut.md)
- [getShortcutHandler](api/method/getshortcuthandler.md)
- [removeShortcut](api/method/removeshortcut.md)

### Related Guides
- [Keyboard Navigation](guides/keyboard-navigation.md)