Keyboard accessibility

Can someone please tell me if it is possible [and how] to
create something like the 'tabindex' in html within Captivate v3,
so the viewer of the swf file can use the tab key to navigate from
one interactive feature to another? e.g. from a button to another
button. I know how to add keyboard functionality to a button or
text field, but I want the user to be able to navigate using the
keyboard to the relevant button and then press, say, Enter.

I think Rick was just not sure what you were asking for
exactly...
If you add any buttons to a project, you have to manually add
a shortcut for each button (open the button properties and you'll
see the option there). I think the "standard" I've seen here and on
the Adobe accessibility examples use the "Enter" key for all
buttons. You've mentioned using different keyboard shortcuts for
each button. If you do that, you'd probably want to include a
description of those steps somewhere early in the project or on
another page. If you use the Enter key, they can also use the
spacebar to "select" a button - which I believe is sort of a
standard (but don't quote me). They can use the TAB button to tab
through the buttons (i.e., screen reader reads them to the user,
then they hit the spacebar when the correct one is selected).
FYI, I believe you can also use the Apply to All feature to
make this change to all buttons, but be careful when doing it that
you don't mess anything else up...
Good luck,
David

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Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 03:21:28 -0400
From: Joseph Mirwald <[email protected]>
Subject: ListView keyboard access
To: forte-users <[email protected]>
Cc: "Dave Dixson (Ext. 513)" <[email protected]>
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Joseph Mirwald
GERMANY
EMAIL: [email protected]
DaVE
Triad Group PLC, EMail:[email protected]
GU7 1XE, England. Tel: 01483 86022 X 513

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