>> http://rikrikrik.com/jquery/shortkeys/
> Without knowledge of the keyboard shortcuts on all the > browsers this works on, you can't really have consistent > shortcuts across browsers (I think even major sites have > conflicts with browsers). It's just a fact of life if you're a keyboard user. All the browsers use different Alt-key accelerators for their menu items, since the menu items have different names. Only a few like File and Edit are consistent. Firefox keyboard shortcuts aren't consistent across platforms in some cases. With IE7 it's truly weird, the menu isn't even there normally but appears when you tap the Alt key. That is the most consistent cross-browser way to use the menu from the keyboard, tap Alt and then press the key for the menu. > Isn't Alt+Shift normally available though (as that > combination isn't used that often)? Yes, if you have an accessKey="X" attribute defined for a link, form or button element the browser will invoke it when you press Alt+Shift+X and sometimes Alt+X depending on the browser. AccessKeys will override menu accelerators with the same letter, at least on IE and Firefox. Also, IE uses Alt+D to set focus to the Address bar. I have some code that highlights accessKeys here; it's not in fighting shape (doesn't work in Opera for example) but might be useful to someone. http://methvin.com/jquery/jq-access.html _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list [email protected] http://jquery.com/discuss/
