Owen Leonard <oleonard@myacpl.org> wrote:
The advantage of the accesskey method is of course that it's not javascript-dependent. The disadvantage is that different browsers handle accesskeys differently, a combination of keys is usually required (Alt+ or Ctrl+Alt+), and not all keys or key combinations will be available (for instance, because of conflicts with built-in browser shortcuts).
The advantage of the javascript method is that it is possible to configure single-key shortcuts, although I think different browsers will still retain their shortcuts. Try this demo page: http://jshotkeys.googlepages.com/test-static-01.html.
Why would accesskeys conflict with built-in browser shortcuts? Isn't the point of different browsers handling accesskeys differently that they pick a shift that doesn't conflict with their built-ins? It seems to me that the javascript method is the one which may conflict with built-in browser shortcuts on some browsers. But I guess at the moment, we only have a few javascript interpreters which work correctly in the librarian pages? If I've understood this right, I think we should attempt to fall back on accesskeys because they shouldn't conflict. Hope that helps, -- MJ Ray (slef) LMS developer and webmaster at | software www.software.coop http://mjr.towers.org.uk | .... co Notice http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html | .... op