- From: Ricardo Sanchez <rsv@retemail.es>
- Date: Wed, 15 Dec 99 00:31:16 -0500
- To: "Alan Cantor" <acantor@interlog.com>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Thank you for your response. I am waiting for other readers on this list tell us about complications with assistive technologies. Regards Ricardo >| I would like what criterion you use for the choice the accesskey. >| >| Is it important to avoid the accesskey coincide with the browser's >accesskeys? > >Yes, it is important to avoid conflicts with the browser's shortcut >keys. If there are conflicts, anybody who uses keyboard only >techniques to access menus -- including people who are blind, have low >vision, or certain mobility impairments -- will get very frustrated! >In general, you can choose as accesskeys any letter or number that is >NOT used by any of the major graphic-based browsers. For example, you >should avoid Alt +F, E, H because these keystroke combinations are >almost universally used for File, Edit, and Help respectively. If you >check all of the recent versions of all of the major browsers, you may >find that the set of available accesskeys is quite small. > >There may be an additional complication that can arise from using >accesskeys. However, this is pure speculation; I don't know for >certain. Certain access applications may use Alt key combinations that >could conflict with accesskeys. I can't think of any such programs off >the top of my head, but perhaps other readers on this list may know of >screen readers or text enhancers or other assistive technologies that >appropriate unusual Alt key combinations to perform particular tasks. >(My guess is that a few Windows-based assistive technologies would use >the Alt key as a modifier.) > >Alan > >Alan Cantor >Cantor + Associates >Workplace Accommodation Consultants >acantor@interlog.com >www.interlog.com/~acantor >
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