Saturday, June 26, 2004

Using Accesskeys is Easy

Using Accesskeys is Easy:
"Quite a few Web developers still get a glint of terror in their eyes when someone suggests they add accesskeys to their sites. Well, don't be scared. This article is very short for a very good reason. If you want to use them, accesskeys are so easy to add, you'll wonder why you never did before."

So, what are accesskeys? For the uninitiated, they are a means for people to jump immediately to a specific part of an HTML page by pressing ALT (PC) or CTRL (Mac), followed by the appropriate key on the keyboard, as defined by you via an accesskey parameter.

They're particularly useful for people with mobility issues who don't use a mouse and have a keyboard for their every movement on a computer. Accesskeys allow them quickly and easily to hop around the content of your Web pages. Able-bodied users can find them equally useful as shortcuts, too.

http://www.sitepoint.com/print/accesskeys

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