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I assigned access key e to email input field in a simple html form. I am currently testing this in chrome. So on pressing Alt + e, instead of switching focus to the email input field, the Chrome menu get activated.
How should I go around with this? How to gain focus to the input element on pressing Alt + e.
Any ideas?
Thanks
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The accesskey attribute specifies a shortcut key to activate/focus an element. However, in most browsers the shortcut can be set to another combination of keys. Tip: The behavior if more than one element has the same access key differs: IE, Firefox: The next element with the pressed access key will be activated.
For Chrome: Use Alt + [accesskey] (Windows/Linux), or Control + Option + [Accesskey] (Mac). For Safari: Use Alt + [accesskey] (Windows/Linux), or Control + Option + [Accesskey] (Mac).
The implementation of accesskey attributes is browser-dependent, see some of the variation.
It also interferes with the built-in accesskey assignments that browsers or assistive software may have. It is therefore not recommended by accessibility specialists.
On my Chrome, an element with accesskey="e" attribute gets focused on, when I use Alt-Shift-E. But I would not have known if I had not checked it.
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