HTML accesskey Attribute
The accesskey attribute in HTML is the keyboard shortcut to activate/focus specific elements. The access key attribute is browser-dependent. It may vary from browser to browser.
Supported Tags: It supports all HTML elements.
Syntax
<element accessKey = "single_character">
Shortcut to use accesskey
The table describes the shortcut to use accesskey.
Browser | Windows | Mac | Linux |
---|---|---|---|
Google Chrome | Alt + single_character | Command + Alt + single_character | Alt + single_character |
Mozilla Firefox | Alt + Shift + single_character |
Command + Alt + single_character (On Firefox 14 or newer) Command + single_character (On Firefox 13 or older) |
Alt + Shift + single_character |
Internet Explorer | Alt + single_character | N/A | N/A |
Safari | Alt + single_character | Command + Alt + single_character | N/A |
Opera 15+ | Alt + single_character | Command + Alt + single_character | Alt + single_character |
Note:
- In HTML4.1, the accesskey attributes can be used with only a few elements which include <a>, <area>, <button>, <input>, <label>, <legend>, and <textarea>.
- In HTML5, the accesskey attribute can be used with any element.
The behavior of the browser differs when dealing with more than one element having the same accesskey:
- Google Chrome and Safari: The last element with the accesskey will be activated
- Opera: The first element with the accesskey will be activated
- Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox: The next element with the accesskey will be activated
HTML accesskey Attribute Example
Example: In this example demonstrates the use of the accesskey attribute, which assigns the keyboard shortcut “g” to the link. Users can access the linked page by pressing the specified key combination.
html
<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < head > < title >accesskey attribute</ title > </ head > < body > < h2 >HTML accesskey attribute</ h2 > <!-- The accesskey attribute used here --> < a href = "https://ide.w3wiki.net/tryit.php" accesskey = "g" >w3wiki </ a > </ body > </ html > |
Output:
Supported Browsers:
The browser supported by accesskey attribute are listed below:
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