hotkeys....

[xataku_nakusute]

excuse me, but do any of you know how to set certain hotkeys for certain links/pages?

if so, how do you identify the keyboard key with its numerical value?(unless this is not applicable)

[AdamGundry]

Do you mean an accesskey (http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#adef-accesskey)?

Adam

[xataku_nakusute]

ok, ic now.....however, 2 q's....

1) the examples on the page show capital letters......does that mean itll work only if you hold shift?

2) how would you use the accesskey to run internal scripts?

[AdamGundry]

1. You don't have to hold shift, but you may need to hold alt to get your browser to look for the accesskey.

2. I don't think you can do that with accesskeys, but you can using Javascript and the onkeydown (http://devedge.netscape.com/library/manuals/2000/javascript/1.3/reference/handlers.html#1120313), onkeypress (http://devedge.netscape.com/library/manuals/2000/javascript/1.3/reference/handlers.html#1120393) and onkeyup (http://devedge.netscape.com/library/manuals/2000/javascript/1.3/reference/handlers.html#1120473) event handlers.

Adam

[xataku_nakusute]

thanx.....so if i had a link that when clicked on, triggered a script, would that basically trigger the script when i used the defined accesskey?

[AdamGundry]

Yes, I guess you could use one of these:
<a href="javascript:alert('You pressed alt+A.')" accesskey="A">Link</a>
<a href="#" onclick="alert('You pressed alt+A.')" accesskey="A">Link</a>

The first should work (I think), the second might, but the second is probably a better idea if it works because it doesn't break for non-JS browsers.

Adam