You can add keyboard shortcuts to the SiteMap control by changing the AccessKey property.

In  the Designer

Complete the following steps to add keyboard support in Design View.

1. Open SiteMap Tasks Menu and click Edit Nodes. This opens the C1SiteMap Designer Form.
2. Select C1SiteMap1 and on the right hand side, set the AccessKey property to a value like 'K'.
3. Select C1SiteMapNode1 on the left and change the AccessKey property on the right hand side to a value like 'N'.

In Source View

Set the AccessKey property inside the <cc1:C1SiteMap> tag, to add a keyboard shortcut to the SiteMap control.

<cc1:C1SiteMap ID="C1SiteMap1" runat="server"
    AccessKey="K">

Set the AccessKey property inside the <cc1:C1SiteMapNode> tag, to add keyboard shortcut to a C1SiteMapNode.

<cc1:C1SiteMapNode runat="server" Text="C1SiteMapNode1" 
    AccessKey="N">

In Code

Add the following code to the Page_Load event, to add a keyboard shortcut to the entire control.

To write code in C#

C1.SiteMap1.AccessKey= "k";

To write code in Visual Basic

C1.SiteMap1.AccessKey= "k"

Add the following code to the Page_Load event, to add a keyboard shortcut to individual nodes.

To write code in C#

C1SiteMap1.Nodes[0].AccessKey= "a";
C1SiteMap1.Nodes[0].Nodes[0].AccessKey= "b";
C1SiteMap1.Nodes[1].AccessKey= "c";

To write code in Visual Basic

C1SiteMap1.Nodes(0).AccessKey= "a"
C1SiteMap1.Nodes(0).Nodes(0).AccessKey= "b"
C1SiteMap1.Nodes(1).AccessKey= "c"

What You've Accomplished

When you run your project, press ALT + K (AccessKey) to highlight the SiteMap control. Else press Alt + AccessKey for the node, to highlight a particular node.