- From: David Bolnick <davebo@MICROSOFT.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 11:43:26 -0800
- To: "'Jon Gunderson'" <jongund@staff.uiuc.edu>, w3c-wai-gl@w3.org, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
- Cc: rjsteffe@ux5.cso.uiuc.edu
In IE the ACCESSKEY is assigned to the Alt so that is follows the Alt+menu-mnemonic convension (as in selecting a menu from the menu bar). Given that: If, for example, a 'Save' Button uses ACCESSKEY="s", then the button text should be _S_ave (i.e., Save with the initial S underlined: <u>S</u>ave). One caveat for all browsers. Unless it is clear to the user where the focus is, the user may attempt this key-combination with unpredictable results. That is, if the focus is on a browser object, the Alt-combo my activate a menu item for the browser, if one matches, and not the component within the HTML page. David. ________________________ David A. Bolnick Accessibility Program Manager: Multimedia, Telecommunications Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052 Web: http://microsoft.com/enable > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Gunderson [SMTP:jongund@staff.uiuc.edu] > Sent: Monday, February 16, 1998 9:45 AM > To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org; w3c-wai-ig@w3.org > Cc: rjsteffe@ux5.cso.uiuc.edu > Subject: ACCESSKEY attribute > > Does anyone have a good design example of how to use the ACCESSKEY to > increase the accessibility of a page. I am working on a project to create > some accessible WWW based educational technology and our group has been > trying to figure out how to use the accesskey feature to enhance > accessibility. Some of the problems we are facing with the access key is > the need to explicitly state the presence of the access key in the > document, but different Browsers may require different modifier keys to > use > the access key. For eample in MS-Explorer your need to type ALT-S for > ACCESSKEY="S", and on some other browser it may be something else like > Ctril-S or just S by itself. So you just can't tell people to type S or > ALT-S? > Another issue is consistancy, does anybody have any ideas on how to assign > keys so people can learn when to expect an access key? > Thanks, > Jon > > Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP > Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology > Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services > University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign > 1207 S. Oak Street > Champaign, IL 61820 > > Voice: 217-244-5870 > Fax: 217-333-0248 > E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu > WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund > http://www.als.uiuc.edu/InfoTechAccess
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