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Re: Next and Previous Accesskey

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From: gez
Date: Oct 7, 2003 4:30AM

Sorry, I just realised a mistake in my response. Shortcuts in JAWS do
override the access key defined if they conflict, so it isn't as bad as I
first imagined.

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From: "gez" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: Next and Previous Accesskey


> If a user agent supports access keys, they override the shortcut keys for
> the user agent. JAWS supports access keys, and if you provide a
conflicting
> key, yours will take precedence, changing the expected behaviour of the
user
> agent. Home Page Reader (HPR), and Windows Eyes do not support access
keys,
> so user defined keys won't cause a conflict at this moment in time. Of
> course, there's no guarantee that HPR and Windows Eyes won't support
access
> keys in the future.
>
> Best regards.
>
> Gez
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> From: "Patricia Murray" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 10:43 AM
> Subject: RE: Next and Previous Accesskey
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> >
> > Do the shortcut keys in assistive technologies take priority over HTML
> > coded accesskeys?
> >
> > IF they do then isn't there still a benefit for keyboard users who don't
> > use assistive technologies, in employing accesskeys in the HTML??
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