ACCESSKEY Attribute | accessKey Property

Specifies the accelerator key for the object.

Syntax

HTML	<ELEMENT ACCESSKEY = sAccessKey ... >
Scripting	object.accessKey [ = sAccessKey ]

Possible Values

sAccessKey

Character string that denotes an alphanumeric keyboard key.

The property is read/write with no default value.

Remarks

Pressing the ALT key plus the specified accelerator key sets the focus to that object on the page.

By default, the accessKey property sets focus to the object. In addition, some controls perform an action after receiving focus. For example, using accessKey on a button fires the onclick event, whereas using accessKey on a radio button fires the onclick event and toggles the checked property, visibly selecting or deselecting the control.

Example

The following example uses a combination of the LABEL object and the accessKey property to set focus on a text box. The rich text support in the LABEL object makes it possible to underline the designated accessKey.

Sample Code

<LABEL FOR="fp1" ACCESSKEY="1">#<U>1</U>: Press Alt+1 to set focus to textbox</LABEL>
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="T1" VALUE=text1 SIZE="20" TABINDEX="1" ID="fp1">

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Applies To

A, APPLET, AREA, BDO, BUTTON, EMBED, FIELDSET, HTMLAREA, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=hidden, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, LABEL, LEGEND, OBJECT, SELECT, TABLE, TEXTAREA

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