can i underline access key on a button?

[Samoyed]

Hi,

Currently I have a button that has a shortcut key of o. I'd like to display this as Policies, with the letter o underlined.

This is the current code. How does one go about doing this?

<input type="button" accesskey=o value=Policies tabindex=210 accesskey=O onclick=Policies title="Add/Edit Policies"></button>

Thx in advance

 

[LFI]

Don't know if the BUTTON tag is being phased out, but you could do this:

<button accesskey=o>P<u>o</u>licies</button>

...adding in the title, onclick property, etc.

'hope that helps.

--Dave

 

[LFI]

By the way, in the code YOU posted, you wouldn't have a </button> tag. Rather, to follow XHTML guidelines, you would type:

<input type="button" accesskey=o value=Policies tabindex=210 accesskey=O onclick=Policies title="Add/Edit Policies"[b] /[/b]>

In 'singleton' tags (shch as INPUT or BR), add a space, then a forward-slash before the closing angle-bracket (as in the above).

--Dave

 

[gohankid77]

Yes, you can! You can use the <button> element instead of <input> (I noticed you had a </button>).

Here is the code:

<button accesskey=o tabindex=210 accesskey=O onclick=Policies title="Add/Edit Policies">P<u>o</u>licies</button>

See the <u>o</u>? It underlines the 'o' in Policies.

 

[Samoyed]

Hi Everyone,

THANK YOU for your help. Now my button can change colors and display the underline. Heres what I did.

<script language=vbscript>
sub change(color)
if (window.event.srcElement.tagName="INPUT") OR (window.event.srcElement.tagName="BUTTON") then
window.event.srcElement.style.backgroundColor=color
end if
End sub
</script>

<style>
.color2{font-weight:bold;background-color:63639c}
</style>

<button tabindex=210 accesskey=o onmouseover=change('yellow') onMouseout=change('CFCFCF') onclick=Policies title="Add/Edit Policies">P<u>o</u>licies</button>

 

[gohankid77]

The <button> tag isn't getting slashed yet. It IS valid in XHTML 1.1, the most recent and USABLE version of HTML. I say usable because XHTML 2.0 is the most recent. However, it is not usable by the public yet since it is still being developed.