- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 06:32:45 -0400 (EDT)
- To: "Morris, Lynn" <LMorris@hrsa.gov>
- cc: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Nope, you're doing stuff right except assuming that alt+key makes accesskey work - for example on Amaya it is usually some other modifier, and for iCab the key on its own is used (and activates the link it is attached to - this is according to specification, which was a bit vague on whether it was a good idea...). (iCab actually shows the accesskeys itself, as any sensible implementation would enable, for example by using CSS. There is a key to select checkboxes and radio buttons - in Netscape I think it is space but I am not sure. cheers Charles On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Morris, Lynn wrote: Hi-- I'm trying to make my forms accessible, but I can't figure out how to make the radio buttons and checkboxes keyboard-accessible. I've tried the accesskey feature, but that technique doesn't work in Netscape 4.7 (example is at http://158.72.80.241/development/HelpDesk/home_version/testAccess.htm). What am I doing wrong? Do I need an accesskey, or is there a keyboard command to select form items that I don't know about? Here's the source code: <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" Content="Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0"> <TITLE></TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <form> <label for='text1' accesskey="1"> Press Alt+1 to set focus to the textbox. <P><INPUT id=text1 name=text1 tabindex='1' size="20" maxlength="20"></label></P> <p> <label for='radio1' accesskey="2"> Press Alt+2 to set focus to the radio button. <INPUT type="radio" id=radio1 name=radio1 tabindex='2'></label></p>
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