- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 23:02:56 -0500 (EST)
- To: Loretta Guarino Reid <lguarino@adobe.com>
- Cc: w3c-wai-ua@w3.org, w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
It depends on the user agent what it does. Implementations such as iCab and Opera ensure that their activation method removes the possibilities for conflict. Others, like IE are not clear - sometimes do one thign, sometimes the other. WCAG recommends that accesskey be used. Personally, so do I, and that a page about accessibility explains what they are, how they might be used, and why they might not work. If you know there is a key that will override a user agent fdunctionality it is a good idea to try and avoid it, but in the end user agents have to get fixed or replaced. IMHO cheers chaals On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Loretta Guarino Reid wrote: > >What are our recommended best practices for access keys? In particular, when >access keys are defined in web content that conflict with keyboard commands >used by the User Agent, which takes precedence? What do we recommend to >authors about the use of access keys? > > Thanks, Loretta > > Charles McCathieNevile http://www.w3.org/People/Charles tel: +61 409 134 136 SWAD-E http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Europe fax(france): +33 4 92 38 78 22 Post: 21 Mitchell street, FOOTSCRAY Vic 3011, Australia or W3C, 2004 Route des Lucioles, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France
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