Two hyperlinks with specified accesskeys:
The accesskey attribute specifies a shortcut key to activate/focus an element.
Note: The way of accessing the shortcut key is varying in different browsers:
Browser | Windows | Linux | Mac |
---|---|---|---|
Internet Explorer | [Alt] + accesskey | N/A | |
Chrome | [Alt] + accesskey | [Alt] + accesskey | [Control] [Alt] + accesskey |
Firefox | [Alt] [Shift] + accesskey | [Alt] [Shift] + accesskey | [Control] [Alt] + accesskey |
Safari | [Alt] + accesskey | N/A | [Control] [Alt] + accesskey |
Opera | Opera 15 or newer: [Alt] + accesskey Opera 12.1 or older: [Shift] [Esc] + accesskey |
However, in most browsers the shortcut can be set to another combination of keys.
Tip: The behavior if more than one element has the same access key differs:
Attribute | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
accesskey | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
In HTML5, the accesskey attribute can be used on any HTML element (it will validate on any HTML element. However, it is not necessarily useful).
In HTML 4.01, the accesskey attribute can be used with: <a>, <area>, <button>, <input>, <label>, <legend>, and <textarea>.
Value | Description |
---|---|
character | Specifies the shortcut key to activate/focus the element |
HTML Tutorial: HTML Attributes
HTML DOM reference: accessKey Property