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From: Birkir Rúnar Gunnarsson
Date: Nov 5, 2010 4:30PM

In this particular case, wouldn't you be in edit mode inside the
field, so your alt key actions will not trigger the AccessKey
attribute?
Also don't you have to use the numbers on the keypad when enterring
the ascii values of characters, but the al plus 0 accesskey refers
specifically to the number keys at the top of your keyboard.
I may be wrong about this, and always happy to be corrected, but I
think in this particular example, this shouldnot cause a screen reader
user a problem.
-B

On 11/5/10, Denis Boudreau < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> It could be, but in very specific browsers only since some of them require
> the user to validate the jump by pressing the enter key.
>
> But granted, given the use of such entries, it could cause another problem.
> Not the main reason, but one of the many reasons why we decided to forbid
> their use on public websites.
>
> /Denis
>
>
>
> On 2010-11-05, at 11:53, "Ted" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> Isn't the problem with access keys that there are always going to be
>> clashes. Alt + 0, for example, is often used to jump to an accessibility
>> page. But what if I'm in a form and I want to type a en-dash (Alt + 0150)
>> or
>> and em-dash (Alt + 0151) or an "é" (Alt + 0233) and so on?
>>
>>
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