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Providing form navigation


With HTML 4.0, Web authors can make their forms navigable using keyboard shortcuts. In Adobe GoLive, these attributes are implemented as check box options that appear in the Focus section of the different Inspectors.

In an HTML form, each element must receive focus from the viewer to become active and perform its task. In earlier versions of HTML, this was usually done by clicking the desired element. HTML 4.0 introduces two alternative ways of navigating a form using the keyboard:
  • Viewers can follow a predefined tabbing chain, and then type in text or press Enter to trigger some form-specific action.
  • Viewers can select individual elements by pressing a platform-specific key combination, and then type in text or press Enter to trigger some form-specific action.

    • Note: Not all browsers support form navigation control keys.

    Creating Forms > Providing form navigation

    Related subtopics:

    Setting up tabbing chains
    Defining access keys