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Generic Objects
Properties
accessKey
Chapter 1 ✦ Generic HTML Element Objects (Chapter 15)
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Example
When you load the script in Listing 15-1, adjust the height of the browser window
so that you can see nothing below the second dividing rule. Enter any character
into the Settings portion of the page and press Enter. (The Enter key may cause
your computer to beep.) Then hold down the Alt (Windows) or Ctrl (Mac) key while
pressing the same keyboard key. The element from below the second divider
should come into view.
Listing 15-1: Controlling the accessKey Property
accessKey Property
function assignKey(type, elem) {
if (window.event.keyCode == 13) {
switch (type) {
case “button”:
document.forms[“output”].access1.accessKey = elem.value
break
case “text”:
document.forms[“output”].access2.accessKey = elem.value
break
case “table”:
document.all.myTable.accessKey = elem.value
}
return false
}
}
accessKey Property Lab
Settings:
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elementObject.accessKey