Accesskey and submit enhancement

I'm a keyboard-always kind of guy, and I'd like to suggest a minor enhancment- put accesskey attributes on the submit buttons, so that when you create a post you can just hit "alt-s" to submit it, or "alt-p" to preview it. (it's the alt key on windows and linux in all the browsers I use, not sure what it would be on a Mac.)

This is a really nice time-saver, and admins especially (or others who post frequently) would appreciate it. This is also a boon to those few folks who may use screen readers to browse the site.

Example: <input type="submit" name="submit" accesskey="s">

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Re: Accesskey and submit enhancement by Hero Zzyzzx (Curate) on Jul 25, 2002 at 20:12 UTC
Some "safe" keys combos for accesskeys appear to be: alt-p -- preview alt-s -- submit (though konqueror uses that for "settings") alt-c -- chatter (for the chatterbox) alt-i alt-d alt-l (konqueror uses this for "location") alt-q alt-r alt-y alt-o alt-d alt-g (mozilla uses this for "go") alt-j alt-z alt-c alt-n alt-m I'll come up with a more complete map in the near term. I don't know about punctuation keys. Given the amount of time the monestary as a whole spends in emacs/vim (or equivalent keyboard-driven applications), seems like accesskey stuff should come pretty easily. You can use these for anchor tags, too. That'd be cool- to get to newest nodes you just hit "alt-n". -Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from doubletalk.	[reply]
Re: Re: Accesskey and submit enhancement by mischief (Hermit) on Jul 26, 2002 at 13:19 UTC
Please test future suggestions in Opera as well. alt-n, alt-p, and alt-z are all used.	[reply]
Re: Accesskey and submit enhancement by BorgCopyeditor (Friar) on Jul 24, 2002 at 17:12 UTC
Wow, I've never seen the `accesskey` attribute before. Do you know whether there is good browser support for it? BCE --Your punctuation skills are insufficient!	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Accesskey and submit enhancement by Hero Zzyzzx (Curate) on Jul 24, 2002 at 17:27 UTC
Every "contender" browser I've tried (konqueror, IE, Opera, Netscape 4.x-6.x, Mozilla, I'm kind of a collector) supports it. W3 recommends it's use here. It's safe to say that those that care to use it would probably have a browser that supports it. This works for ANY form element too- The trick is choosing "alt-key" combinations that aren't already taken by the browser or the OS. -Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from doubletalk.	[reply]
Re: Accesskey and submit enhancement by Popcorn Dave (Abbot) on Jul 26, 2002 at 17:13 UTC
Very interesting idea, but I'd suggest you have it for level 5 and higher so that people using it could edit their nodes if they so desired. Some people fall from grace. I prefer a running start...	[reply]


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