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Menu follows the Actions Menu pattern using aria-activedescendant. Below is table of supported keyboard shortcuts and associated actions.

Key Action
Enter or Space Activates the menu item and then closes the menu
Escape Closes the menu
Up Arrow Moves focus to the previous menu item – if focus is on first menu item, it moves focus to the last menu item
Down Arrow Moves focus to the next menu item – if focus is on last menu item, it moves focus to the first menu item
Home Moves focus to the first menu item
End Moves focus to the last menu item
A-Z / a-z Moves focus to the next menu item with a label that starts with the typed character if such an menu item exists – otherwise, focus does not move
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