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RE: Part 2 - Access Keys - your collective help is urgently requested!

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From: Glenda Watson Hyatt
Date: Oct 3, 2002 8:40PM

What happens when StickyKeys are used?? I Couldn't access the File and Edit
menus, perhaps I did something wrong??

Cheers,
Glenda

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>
> Test page at: http://www.furtherahead.com/accesskey.php, which contains
> three links (Foo, Bar, and Edit, with F, B and E as accesskeys
> respectively.
>
> When an accesskey is defined and appears to conflict:
> If I hold down ALT and then press F, I get the access key behaviour.
> If I press ALT, release it, and then press F, I invoke the File menu.
>
> When an access key is NOT defined, both key combinations (press and hold
> ALT then F, and press and release ALT then F invoke the File menu)
>
> In essence, if I know the difference in the keystrokes, it doesn't
> matter if there is conflict with intrinsic functionality (although the
> presence of the accesskey might actually confuse a user that is
> expecting the menu to be invoked)
>
> I'm curious to know others experiences with this on other platforms and
> with other browsers, especially AT.
>
> Best regards,
> Derek.
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> Derek Featherstone <EMAIL REMOVED>
> Further Ahead Inc.
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