[thelist] Access Keys

Roger Newbrook roger.newbrook at scientiasolutions.com
Wed Feb 4 06:35:23 CST 2004


Hi Chris

A couple of links related to access keys 
 
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/interact/forms.html#h-17.11.2
 
http://www.seoconsultants.com/text/directory/

one thing to bear in mind is that the access keys overwrite browser menu
access keys so Reserve certain codes to avoid hijacking browser menu
functions; in particular:
F - File menu 
E - Edit menu
C - Communicator menu (Netscape) 
V - View menu 
G - Go menu 
A - Favourites menu (Internet Explorer only) 
H - Help (browser) 
left arrow - Back history 
right arrow - Forward history 

To qualify that I'd add:
B - Bookmarks menu (Mozilla, Netscape7)
T - Tools menu
W - Window menu (Mozilla, Netscape7)

W3C Guideline References:

Accessibility Guidelines - keyboard access:
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#link-accesskey
Tabbing navigation
http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-html40-19980424/interact/forms.html#h-17.11.1
Access keys:
http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-html40-19980424/interact/forms.html#h-17.11.2

roger



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