Understanding Accessibility

Guideline 9. Design for device-independence.

Checkpoint 9.5 - Provide keyboard shortcuts to important links (including those in client-side image maps), form controls, and groups of form controls

It is also possible to implement accesskeys which are keyboard shortcuts to important links. This means that a minimal amount of tabbing is required to scan the page, thereby speeding up the process.

How do I do it?

Provide keyboard shortcuts to important links by using the access key attribute.

<a class="skiplink" href="#startcontent" accesskey="2">go straight to main content</a>

It is usual to have an accessibility statement page which specifies the accesskeys used for particular pages or elements.

How do I check that it meets the WCAG criteria?

Where the accesskey attribute is used the page will be deemed to have passed. This will be checked with Dreamweaver’s Edit > Find command. Where the accesskey attribute is not used the page will be deemed to have failed the check.

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