- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 10:43:55 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Jon Gunderson <jongund@staff.uiuc.edu>
- cc: Harvey Bingham <hbingham@ACM.org>, w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
I don't think this is a good idea. ACCESSKEY should indentify a unique shortcut in the context of a page. If you want a special tabbing order there is TABINDEX, although it seems counterintuitive to me. If it is only being used for links or form controls we already have checkpoints to give access to just those kinds of elements. Charles McCN On Thu, 6 May 1999, Jon Gunderson wrote: Checkpoint: Allow the user to sequentially access elements with the ACCESSKEY attribute defined Sub-group: Both Priority: 1 or 2 Technique The ACCESSKEY attribute allows authors to provide keyboard support for directly moving the focus to a link or form control. When the access key combination is activated by the user, the focus moves to the next element in tab order with that ACCESSKEY. Therefore multiple elements can use the same ACCESSKEY without conflicit. Please comment on this proposal Jon At 06:01 PM 5/5/99 -0400, you wrote: >We need a checkpoint on accesskeys, including >assignment by an author (or by edict of an application), >and means for a user to find out what they are. > >Should a user personality profile be able to override >assignments of authors? > >Regards/Harvey Bingham > 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 --Charles McCathieNevile mailto:charles@w3.org phone: +1 617 258 0992 http://www.w3.org/People/Charles W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI MIT/LCS - 545 Technology sq., Cambridge MA, 02139, USA
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