- From: gregory j. rosmaita <oedipus@hicom.net>
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 14:08:09 -0400
- To: "\"Daniel Newman\"" <dnewman@globalformats.com>, <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
DN: When I make accesskeys for items on my page do I need to consider the accesskey defaults of each browsers' Menu items. For instance IE for windows has F- file, E-edit, V-view, A-favorites, etc. If I was to want to use accesskey="a" on my page it seems to override my default. I think overriding default ALT keys could render the browser inaccessible. DN: I was hoping to use sequential accesskeys for my page to make it simple to navigate from one item to another. I initially was using ABCDEF. When doing so I rendered the Favorates, Edit and File menus inoperable on IE for windows. GJR: the "Favorites", "Edit", & "File" menus are not rendered inoperable due to IE's implementation of ACCESSKEY, but they simply are no longer "directly" accessible via the keystroke users are accustomed to use to invoke them -- they can, however, still be accessed via the keyboard by simply tapping the ALT key, which activates the application menu bar, and then typing the "hotkey" designated for the desired menu option -- so, on a page which uses "f" as an ACCESSKEY, instead of typing ALT+F to open the "Favorites" menu using IE5+, you would hit the ALT key, wait a moment, and then type f you should convey this information to visitors to your site on an "About This Site" type page, in which you should also document the site's accessibility features -- such as recurring accesskeys -- as well as known conflicts, such as that which you described in your post to the GL mailing list, as well as any and every known work-around... gregory. PS: for more on accesskey, check the following archived posts (Warning: expect all URIs to be obscenely long and to line-wrap): 1. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/1999OctDec/0725.html 2. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ua/1999OctDec/0008.html 3. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ua/1999OctDec/0243.html
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