Elementary Standards HTML Tutorial
The tutorials found herein have been written for clarification of existing W3C HTML 5 and HTML 4.01 (and, by extension, xHTML 1.0 as text/html) specifications through the use of real-world examples.
accesskey
The accesskey attribute is an Accessibility control that navigates to assigned pages. HTML 4.01 specifically assigned it to the following: a, area, button, input, label, legend, textarea; that convention ceased.
[Note: See related below.]
- Attribute name:
accesskey- Value:
- Alphabet Character or Non-Negative Integer
- Example [Sôle (Navigation)]:
- Code [HTML]:
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<ul> <li><a href="/" accesskey="1">Home page</a></li> <li><a href="/old-site-map" accesskey="3">Site map</a></li> <li><a href="/160" accesskey="8">Terms and conditions</a></li> <li><a href="/accessibility-statement#anchorKeys" accesskey="0">Access key details</a></li> </ul>
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