Accesskeys: Hardly any characters left to use

Geoff did a really nice job of listing out browser specific shortcuts keys that one should take into consideration when assigning accesskeys to elements.

Reserved Keys in IE 5.5/6

  • F – File
  • E – Edit
  • V – View
  • A – Favorites
  • T – Tools
  • D – Address
  • H – Help

Reserved Keys in NS 7

  • F – File
  • E – Edit
  • V – View
  • G – Go
  • B – Bookmarks
  • T – Tools
  • H – Help
  • W – Window


Reserved Keys in Opera 7

  • F – File
  • E – Edit
  • V – View
  • N – Navigate
  • B – Bookmark
  • M – Mail
  • W – Window
  • H – Help

Thus the remaining available accesskey values are (at most):
`, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, -, =, [, ], /, C, I, J, K, L, O, P, Q, R, S, U, X, Y, Z

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