RE: PROPOSAL: Checkpoint for ACCESSKEY

Sorry I'm going through these in the reverse order, but there may be a
behavior there that would make my previous missive on ACCESSKEY make sense.

I had always assumed that activating an ACCESSKEY would activate the link.
But if activating an ACCESSKEY simply moves the focus to the "next" element
with that ACCESSKEY, and a separate keystroke (presumably ENTER) takes you
through the key, then you have a way of navigating links with the ACCESSKEY,
and a way of activating them directly.  An unfortunate side affect is that
passing through the link requires two keystrokes rather than one.

Denis Anson, MS, OTR
Assistant Professor
College Misericordia
301 Lake St.
Dallas, PA 18612

Member since 1989:
RESNA: An International Association of Assistive Techology Professionals

-----Original Message-----
From: w3c-wai-ua-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-ua-request@w3.org]On Behalf
Of mark novak
Sent: Friday, May 07, 1999 11:03 AM
To: Jon Gunderson; w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: Checkpoint for ACCESSKEY

At 9:48 AM -0500 5/7/99, Jon Gunderson wrote:
>Response in JRG2:
>At 04:46 PM 5/6/99 -0500, mark novak wrote:
>>At 3:53 PM -0500 5/6/99, Jon Gunderson wrote:
>>>Response in JRG:
>>>
>>>At 02:51 PM 5/6/99 -0500, mark novak wrote:
>>>>i'd also vote that we do not need a checkpoint for sequential access to
>>>>elements
>>>>which have an ACCESSKEY.
>>>>
>>>>what i'd expect to happen in those cases where more than one element
>>>>had the "same" ACCESSKEY, is that i'd be able to navigate between those
>>>>elements by repeatedly typing that same ACCESSKEY, which is basically
>>>>sequential access of sorts...otherwise, I think we already have access
>to the
>>>>element by virtue of the ACCESSKEY.
>>>
>>>JRG: That was the intention of the word sequential, if you have a better
>>>phrasing please post to the list.
>>
>>MN:  wasn't trying to reword, still suggesting this checkpoint is not
needed.
>
>JRG2: What other checkpoint do you see that covers the navigation to
>elements using the ACCESSKEY?

MN2:  I think we are getting hung up on semantics, what i was trying to
say is that I agreed with Charles, in that I don't believe we should have a
checkpoint "requiring sequential navigation to the ACCESSKEY", thats all.



>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>>I do have another question however:
>>>>
>>>>Do we need a checkpoint for a "where am I"  function, something that
>>>>would return information such as page title, location on page, element
>>>>with focus, previous page title was, summary, etc., while navigating
>>>>with in a page?
>>>
>>>JRG: That is in the section under orientation.
>>>Section 6 in the current guidelines.
>>
>>MN:  great.  suggest we add a link from navigation section
>>also, it that is easily possible.
>
>JRG2: I think the techniques section is where the different checkpoints
>need to be combined to demonstrate functional implementations of the
>checkpoints

MN2:  where ever you feel it best to reference is fine with me.


>>>Jon
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>At 11:00 AM -0500 5/6/99, Jon Gunderson wrote:
>>>>>In response to CMN:
>>>>>The sequential statement is due to the potential multiple definitions
of
>>>>>the same accesskey in a document.  If more than one control, link,
label,
>>>>>... uses the same accesskey we want people to be able to navigate to
each
>>>>>one.  In the case of single definitions of an accesskey in a document
then
>>>>>the sequential part is a mute point, the focus would move directly to
that
>>>>>associated focusable element.
>>>>>Jon
>>>>>
>>>>>At 11:44 AM 5/6/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>>>>>I don't think that we should not have a checkpoint for ACCESSKEY. I do
>>>think
>>>>>>that a checkpoint requiring sequential access to elements which have
an
>>>>>>ACCESSKEY is inappropriate - the purpose of the element is to provide
>>>access
>>>>>>to certain elements in a non-sequential manner.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Charles McCN
>>>>>>
>>>>>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
>>>>
>>>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
>>
>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

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