# About Access Keys

Access keys provide shortcuts for moving the cursor to a form field, an area, or a link. Such access can be crucial to people with motor disabilities, but there are other conditions where it could be necessary or useful.

When developing a web document, you can associate the `accesskey` attribute with the following elements: `AREA`, `BUTTON`, `INPUT`, `LABEL`, `LEGEND`, and `TEXTAREA`.

For example, if you associate the `accesskey` attribute with a link in a document using `accesskey="n"` or `accesskey="N"`, the command `Alt accesskey` (`Alt n` or `Alt N`) will activate that link. If you associate the `accesskey` attribute to a form element, pressing Alt accesskey moves the focus to that element (or to the following element if associated with a `LABEL` and `LEGEND` element).

Access keys overwrite Amaya shortcuts. For example, the Amaya Help pages declare these access keys:

- "n" for going to the next page
- "p" for going to the previous page
- "t" for the table of contents

If you have assigned the shortcut `Alt-p` to an Amaya command, this shortcut won't be accessible when the Amaya Help pages are displayed.

By default, Amaya uses the `Alt` key as the modifier for access keys. However, you can change this default using the Edit>Preferences>General dialog box. You can choose the `Control` key instead of the `Alt` key for a modifier, or you can disable the access keys handler.