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{{See also|Help:VisualEditor shortcuts}}
 
 
The MediaWiki software contains many keyboard shortcuts. You can use them to access certain features of Wikipedia more quickly.
 
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| hold {{key press|Alt|Shift|access key}}
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| Edit this page / view source (if you are [[WP:BLOCK|blocked]] or the page is protected from editing)
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| Edit with [[w:VisualEditor|VisualEditor]] (if available, namespace must be: [[WP:Article|(Main)]], [[WP:File|File]], [[WP:User|User]], [[WP:Category|Category]], or [[WP:Help|Help]])
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| Open associated [[wikidata:|Wikidata]] item
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== Display access keys ==
By modifying [[Special:Mypage/common.css|your user CSS file]], access key shortcuts can be displayed before internal links on any Wikipedia page.
 
{{hidden|CSS with shortcuts shown on hover|headerstyle=background:#ccccff|content=
[[File:Access_keys_shortcut_display_on_hover.webm|thumb|right|x90px|Play the video to see how this CSS snippet works. The skin used here is Vector, but this will work for any skin.]]
<syntaxhighlight lang="css">a:hover[accesskey]:before {
content: " " attr(accesskey) " ";
text-transform: uppercase;
white-space: pre;
font-family: sans-serif;
margin-right: 0.5ex;
color: black;
}
</syntaxhighlight>
}}
{{hidden|CSS with shortcuts shown always|headerstyle=background:#ccccff|content=
[[File:Access_keys_shortcut_display_with_no_box.png|thumb|right|900px|Adding this code displays the access keys on every Wikipedia page, as shown in this picture.]]
<syntaxhighlight lang="css">a[accesskey]:before {
content: " " attr(accesskey) " ";
text-transform: uppercase;
white-space: pre;
font-family: sans-serif;
margin-right: 0.5ex;
color: black;
}
</syntaxhighlight>
}}
{{hidden|CSS with shortcuts shown always with a box|headerstyle=background:#ccccff|content=
[[File:Access_keys_shortcut_display_with_box.png|thumb|right|900px|This is identical to the above code except the access keys are displayed with boxes around them.]]
<syntaxhighlight lang="css">
a[accesskey]:before {
content: " " attr(accesskey) " ";
text-transform: uppercase;
white-space: pre;
border: thin solid;
font-family: sans-serif;
text-decoration: underline overline;
margin-right: 0.5ex;
color: black;
}
</syntaxhighlight>
}}
{{strong|This will not work in [[Internet Explorer]] versions lower than 8.0, since those browsers do not support the CSS selector used in these examples.}}
 
{{strong|This also will not display the accesskeys provided by the VisualEditor (or the [[mw:2017 wikitext editor]]), such as '<kbd>s</kbd>' to publish the page, as those accesskeys are implemented differently.}}
 
== Accessibility of access keys ==
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{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Accessibility/Navigation menu|impaired}}
Keyboard shortcuts, in the way they are implemented on Wikipedia, are useful for some users with disabilities and do not require JavaScript to work. At the same time, they are bothersome for some screen reader users because it interferes with the shortcuts of their screen reader. The best solution would be to have customizable keyboard shortcuts.
 
The accessibility of keyboard shortcuts (access keys) is a complicated matter. This feature, in its current implementation, was temporarily abandoned in [[WCAG]] 2.0, notably because it conflicts with the shortcuts of assistive technologies. Usage of access keys is currently discouraged in the online contents and applications.{{update-inline}}
 
But presence of access keys is also an [[Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines]] (ATAG) requirement—the ATAG approach is particularly relevant in Wikipedia's case—where this matter is looked into thoroughly. In particular, ATAG requires the possibility to customize shortcuts. This should be requested in [[phab:T2477]].
 
Currently, their presence in Wikipedia's interface can be problematic for some users and can be useful for others. But more importantly, it misleads developers into thinking that the interface is keyboard accessible. Requirements that need to be fulfilled for a website to be keyboard accessible are not related to keyboard shortcuts ([http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20081211/G90 G90], [http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG-TECHS/F42.html F42], [http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG-TECHS/SCR35.html SCR35], [http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20081211/F58 F58], [http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20081211/F61 F61]).
 
==Known issues: Gadgets which block keyboard shortcuts==
* Gadget [[User:Cacycle/wikEd|wikEd]] blocks keyboard shortcuts on Google Chrome and Firefox.
 
== Disabling access keys ==
A [[MediaWiki:Gadget-removeAccessKeys.js|gadget]] exists that may be enabled to remove access key functionality. This may be opted in to using [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets|Special:Preferences]]
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