Access keys
All pages on this site define the following access keys:
- Access key 0 - Accessibility statement
- Access key 1 - Go directly to content - switch menus and navigation
- Access key 2 - Go to programme menus
- Access key 3 - Go to programme tools: contacts - FAQ - infokits - Glossary - Useful links - events
- Access key 4 - Go to path / breadcrumb
- Access key 5 - Choose a programme
- Access key 6 - Go to site Tools: About EACEA - Contacs EACEA - Working with EACEA
- Access key 7 - Go to footer
- Access key 9 - Go to EACEA Home page
- Access key s - Search
- Access key p - Print
- Access key r - Subscribe to the RSS feed
- Access key m - Sitemap
How to use access keys?
Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the web site.
On Windows :
- with Internet Explorer 6.0 and previous version, you can press ALT + an access key + ENTER
- with Internet Explorer 7.0, you can press simultaneously ALT + Shift + an access key + ENTER
- with Mozilla Firefox (any version), you can press simultaneously ALT + Shift + an access key
- with Opera, you can press Shift+Esc + access key (without Alt)
On Linux, with Konqueror, Ctrl key is pressed and released, and then the access key is pressed.
On Macintosh, you can press Control + an access key.
Standards compliance
- All pages on this site is WCAG AAA approved, complying wih all priority 1, 2, and 3 guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Again, this is a judgement call; many guidelines are intentionally vague and can not be tested automatically. I have reviewed all the guidelines and believe that all these pages are in compliance.
- All pages on this site validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional . This is not a judgement call; a program can determine with 100% accuracy whether a page is valid XHTML. For example, check the home page for XHTML validity.
Navigation aids
- All pages have several access keys and home links to aid navigation in text-only browsers. Netscape 6 and Mozilla users can also take advantage of this feature by selecting the View menu, Show/Hide, Site Navigation Bar, Show Only As Needed (or Show Always).
- The home page and all archive pages include a search box (access key s).
Links
- Many links have title attributes which describe the link in greater detail, unless the text of the link already fully describes the target.
- Links are written to make sense out of context.
Images
- All content images used in this site include descriptive ALT attributes. Purely decorative graphics include null ALT attributes.
- Complex images include LONGDESC attributes or inline descriptions to explain the significance of each image to non-visual readers.
Visual design
- This site uses cascading style sheets for visual layout.
- This site uses only relative font sizes, compatible with the user-specified "text size" option in visual browsers.
- If your browser or browsing device does not support stylesheets at all, the content of each page is still readable.
