Name

ACCESSKEY — NN n/a IE 4 HTML n/a

Synopsis

ACCESSKEY=”character"

Optional

A single character key that brings focus to the element. The browser and operating system determine if the user must press a modifier key (e.g., Ctrl, Alt, or Command) with the access key to bring focus to the element. In IE 4/Windows, the Alt key is required, and the key is not case sensitive. This attribute does not work in IE 4/Mac. That this attribute is missing from the HTML 4.0 specification appears to be an oversight.

Example

<TEXTAREA NAME="notes" ACCESSKEY="n"></TEXTAREA>

Value

Single character of the document set.

Default

None.

Object Model Reference

IE

[window.]document.formName.elementName.accessKey

[window.]document.forms[i].elements[i].accessKey

[window.]document.all.elementID.accessKey

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