{"id":32,"date":"2008-08-04T10:13:38","date_gmt":"2008-08-04T14:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jfciii.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/04\/how-to-set-up-and-use-access-keys\/"},"modified":"2012-08-26T07:46:23","modified_gmt":"2012-08-26T11:46:23","slug":"how-to-set-up-and-use-access-keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jfciii.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/04\/how-to-set-up-and-use-access-keys\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set Up and Use Access Keys"},"content":{"rendered":"

Access keys<\/a> allow people to use the keyboard instead of the mouse to perform certain functions. Mostly to move from page to page or a different section of the current pages content. By using web standards you can improve peoples use of your website.<\/p>\n

Example HTML Code<\/h3>\n

The code involved to adding access keys to your website is very simple, you just have to add one extra piece of code to the links as shown below.<\/p>\n

<li id=”about”\u009d><a href=”about.html”\u009d ACCESSKEY=”1″<\/strong> tabindex=”300″\u009d>About<\/li><\/p>\n

Internet Explorer(IE)<\/a>, Firefox<\/a>, Opera<\/a>, and Safar<\/a>i each have their own way of using access keys. In most web browsers, the user uses the access key by pressing “ALT<\/strong>“\u009d (on PC) or “CTRL<\/strong>“\u009d (on MAC) simultaneously with the appropriate character on the keyboard.<\/p>\n

The following are the different ways to use the access key function combinations broken by PC or MAC and then browser type.<\/p>\n

PC<\/h3>\n