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The correct title is <b>ui.key.contentAccess</b>.<br /><br /> This article describes the preference <b>ui.key.contentAccess</b>. To add, delete, or modify this preference, you will need to <a href="/Editing_configuration" title="Editing configuration">edit your configuration</a> — do <i>not</i> edit this article.</div> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Background"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Background</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Possible_values_and_their_effects"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Possible values and their effects</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#0_2"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">0</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#1"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">1</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#2"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">2</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#4"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">4</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#8"><span class="tocnumber">2.5</span> <span class="toctext">8</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#(Other)"><span class="tocnumber">2.6</span> <span class="toctext">(Other)</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Caveats"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Caveats</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Recommended_settings"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Recommended settings</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#First_checked_in"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">First checked in</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#Has_an_effect_in"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Has an effect in</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#Related_bugs"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Related bugs</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#Related_preferences"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Related preferences</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Background">Background</span></h2> <p>The HTML 4.01 specification defines the <code><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#h-17.11.2">accesskey</a></code> attribute for certain HTML elements (links, image maps, and some form controls). This allows the user to <a href="/Accessibility.accesskeycausesactivation" title="Accessibility.accesskeycausesactivation">focus or activate</a> the element. However, these shortcuts defined in web pages can conflict with Mozilla鈥檚 shortcuts. To avoid this problem, the access key used for web page content can be specified separately from the chrome. This preference determines which access key is used for web content displayed in Mozilla. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Possible_values_and_their_effects">Possible values and their effects</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="0_2">0</span></h3> <p>Disable the accelerator key for the content. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="1">1</span></h3> <p>Use "Shift" for the content access key. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2">2</span></h3> <p>Use "Ctrl" for the content access key. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="4">4</span></h3> <p>Use "Alt" (Option on the Mac) for the content access key. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="8">8</span></h3> <p>Use "Meta" (Command on the Mac) for the content access key. </p> <h3><span id=".28Other.29"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="(Other)">(Other)</span></h3> <p>You can add any of the above values together to combine their functionality. That is, setting this preference to 3 (i.e., 1 + 2) means you need to press "Shift+Ctrl". In Windows and Linux, the default is 5 ("Shift+Alt"). On macOS, the default is 6 (Control+Option). </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Caveats">Caveats</span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/Ui.key.generalAccessKey" title="Ui.key.generalAccessKey">ui.key.generalAccessKey</a> must be -1 for this preference to have an effect.</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Recommended_settings">Recommended settings</span></h2> <p>It鈥檚 a good idea to keep this preference set to a different value than <a href="/Ui.key.chromeAccess" title="Ui.key.chromeAccess">ui.key.chromeAccess</a> for the reasons mentioned above. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="First_checked_in">First checked in</span></h2> <p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bonsai.mozilla.org/cvsview2.cgi?diff_mode=context&whitespace_mode=show&file=nsEventStateManager.cpp&branch=&root=/cvsroot&subdir=mozilla/content/events/src&command=DIFF_FRAMESET&rev1=1.659&rev2=1.660">2006-07-13 by Gavin Sharp</a> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Has_an_effect_in">Has an effect in</span></h2> <ul><li>Mozilla Firefox (nightly trunk builds since 2006-07-13)</li> <li>SeaMonkey (nightly builds since 2006-07-13)</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Related_bugs">Related bugs</span></h2> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=128452">Bug 128452 - in-page accesskeys conflict w/UI accelerators when accelkey is ALT</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=179816">Bug 179816 - support shift- as html accesskey</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207510">Bug 207510 - Use command, rather than control, as accesskey accelerator in chrome on Mac</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=340902">Bug 340902 - Split ui.key.generalAccessKey into prefs for content and chrome</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Related_preferences">Related preferences</span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/Accessibility.accesskeycausesactivation" title="Accessibility.accesskeycausesactivation">accessibility.accesskeycausesactivation</a></li> <li><a href="/Ui.key.chromeAccess" title="Ui.key.chromeAccess">ui.key.chromeAccess</a></li> <li><a href="/Ui.key.generalAccessKey" title="Ui.key.generalAccessKey">ui.key.generalAccessKey</a></li></ul>    </div> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.php?title=Ui.key.contentAccess&oldid=47170">http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.php?title=Ui.key.contentAccess&oldid=47170</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Category</a>: <ul><li><a href="/Category:Preferences" title="Category:Preferences">Preferences</a></li></ul></div></div>  <div class="visualClear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="visualClear"></div> </div> <div id="column-one" > <h2>Navigation menu</h2> <div role="navigation" class="portlet" id="p-cactions" aria-labelledby="p-cactions-label"> <h3 id="p-cactions-label" >Page actions</h3> <div class="pBody"> <ul > <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected mw-list-item"><a href="/Ui.key.contentAccess" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c">Page</a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="new mw-list-item"><a href="/index.php?title=Talk:Ui.key.contentAccess&action=edit&redlink=1" rel="discussion" title="Discussion about the content page (page does not exist) [t]" accesskey="t">Discussion</a></li><li id="ca-view" class="selected mw-list-item"><a href="/Ui.key.contentAccess">Read</a></li><li id="ca-viewsource" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/index.php?title=Ui.key.contentAccess&action=edit" title="This page is protected.
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