http://www.w3schools.com/dhtml/dhtml_object_event.asp or an example (using .shiftKey rather than .altKey) http://www.w3schools.com/dhtml/tryit.asp?filename=try_dom_event_shiftkey You could trap the keypress event at the document level, and trigger code from there.... On Wed, 26 May 2004 14:40:15 +0000 "Paul Cowan" <dagda1 at hotmail.com> wrote: >Hi, > >I need to implement a way of allowing a user to be able to pull down menu options from my pages >by using keypresses. Ideally I want to simulate the behouir that happens in windows e.g. >whenever I press alt and the 'f' key, the file menu drops down. Then whenever I press the down >key, I can scroll up and down the menu options. > >Is this possible using javascript? Or how on earth can I do this??