Microsoft KB Archive/840868

= Shortcut key code in anchor tags does not change focus in Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 =

Article ID: 840868

Article Last Modified on 12/14/2004

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APPLIES TO

 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1, when used with:  Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition

 Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

 Microsoft Windows XP Professional</li></ul>

 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004</li></ul>

 Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition</li></ul>

 Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server</li></ul>

 Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server</li></ul>

 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition</li></ul>

 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server</li></ul>

 Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86)</li></ul>

 Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)</li></ul>

<ul> <li>Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)</li></ul>

<ul> <li>Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition</li></ul> </li></ul>

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SYMPTOMS
You create a Web page that uses the following anchor tag code. This code uses the shortcut key code &quot;accesskey&quot;. <A href=&quot;function&quot; accesskey=&quot;X&quot;> Anchor_Text (X) </A> When you or a visitor to your Web page presses ALT+X, the focus does not move to the anchor object in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 (SP1).

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RESOLUTION
This issue is fixed in Internet Explorer update rollup 871260. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

871260 An update rollup is available for Internet Explorer versions 5.x and 6.0

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

Additional query words: IE6 IE6sp1 accelerator key

Keywords: kbtshoot kbprb KB840868

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