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From: Akshi Kakar
Date: Mar 5, 2013 1:03PM

Would it be a good idea to use a letter instead of SPACE like gmail uses g? We cannot use a letter because we also have answer fields where students can enter text.

Best regards,

Akshi


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From: Pradip Chandra Sikdar [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 12:21 PM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Keyboard Shortcuts

"Space" is used in different purposes in the web application. for example, in most of the screen readers, "space" activates the link.
so, I think, you should avoid "space".
On 3/5/2013 10:26 PM, Akshi Kakar wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have been creating keyboard shortcuts for a web application that also uses answer fields. In doing so, we have used SPACE to activate the accesskey such that every shortcut is a combination of 'SPACE then [a letter]'.
>
> Is it a good idea to use SPACE with letters for shortcuts? We were also hoping to run these shortcuts by an expert or a user with disabilities to ensure that what we have created are easy-to-use for all. Do you know of experts in the field who could verify these keyboard shortcuts?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Akshi
>
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