2008-03-21 23:14:06 +01:00
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Access keys (i.e., keyboard shortcuts) can be defined for common
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features. Something like the following:
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* 1 - Homepage
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* 2 - Search box
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* E - Edit
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* R - RecentChanges
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* H - History
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* P - Preferences
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* D - Discussion
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* S - Save the current page (when editing)
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* C - Cancel the current edit
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* V - Preview the current page
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Then, for example, in Firefox one could press Alt+Shift+E to edit the
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page.
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For links, this is implemented as:
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<a href="recentchanges/" accesskey="r">RecentChanges</a>
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and for forms buttons:
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<input type="submit" value="Submit" accesskey="s"/>
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--[[JasonBlevins]], March 21, 2008 18:05 EDT
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2008-03-22 15:48:45 +01:00
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2008-04-11 01:18:34 +02:00
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There were also a few thoughts about access keys on the
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[[main_discussion_page|index/discussion]]. Now moved to here:
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> Would anyone else find this a valuable addition. In oddmuse and instiki (the only other
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> wiki engines I am currently using, the edit, home, and submit link tags have an
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> accesskey attribute. I find it nice not to have to resort to the mouse for those
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> actions. However, it may not be something everyone appreciates. Any thoughts?
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> --[Mazirian](http://mazirian.com)
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> > Maybe, although it would need to take the critisism at
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> > <http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/forms/accesskey.html> into account.
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>
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> >> Thank you for that link. Given that the edit link is the first thing you tab to
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> >> in the current layout, I guess it isn't all that necessary. I have had a
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> >> a user complaint recently that Alt-e in oddmuse was overriding his access
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> >> to the browser menu.
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The main criticism there it
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2008-03-22 15:48:45 +01:00
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seems is that some browsers implement access keys in a way (via the Alt
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key) that allows them to override built-in keyboard shortcuts. I
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believe this is not a problem any longer in Firefox (which uses the
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Shift+Alt prefix) but I suppose it could still be a problem in other
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browsers.
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Another criticism is that most browsers do not display the access keys
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that are defined. The [article][] cited on the main discussion page
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suggests underlining the relevant mnemonic. I think it would be
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sufficient to just list them in the basewiki documentation somewhere.
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[article]: http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/forms/accesskey.html
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It's an unfortunate situation—I'd like an alternative to the
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rodent but there are quite a few downsides to using access keys.
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Tabbing isn't quite the same as a nice shortcut key. There's always
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Conkeror...
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--[[JasonBlevins]], March 22, 2008 10:35 EDT
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