Knowledge Base support case for AllWebMenus, abstracted and stripped of all user’s private info.
Initial Email From: Akash
Initial Email Subject: help/question for keyboard access to menus
Support Case Month: August 2012
Hello Support Team,
We are using AllWebMenu Pro 5.3 to create our application’s menus and have one question about it
We want the menus to be accessible with mouse AS WELL AS keyboard
Are there any keyboard shortcuts to access the menu with keyboard or a way we can provide in the menus generated with allwebmenus
So the user can use keyboard to access and use menus as well as submenu with keyboard
Our application uses frames and the menus are in the top frame
Thank you,
Akash
Reply From: Likno Customer Support
Dear Akash,
The keyboard shortcut to cycle through the page menus is “Ctrl+F12”. The navigation is performed with the arrow keys.
It is possible that the focus will have to be in the top frame in order for this to work. If this does not work, please send me the URL so that I can test it myself.
Regards,
Kostas
Likno Customer Support
www.likno.com
Create any type of javascript menu (CSS menu, drop-down menu, sliding menu), button, html tree, modal window, tooltip, accordion, tab, scroller, jQuery slider or design for your websites!
Like us on Facebook – Follow us on Twitter
Reply From: Akash
Hello Kostas,
We tried “ctrl+F12” but did not worked
This is the link and login details for you, so you can test it.
Thanks
Akash
Reply From: Likno Customer Support
Dear Akash,
I tried viewing your menu, but the system you have does not let me…
Specifically, when I try to view only the frame that holds the menu it seems that I get redirected to some other page which is broken.
Also when I try to guess the menu path (using the source code info) I always get a “page not found”, for all the URLs I tried:
{URL REMOVED}
Where is the menu actually uploaded?
What I mostly wanted to check is the version of the menu you are using. If it is old it may not support keyboard navigation at all, as this is a relatively recent feature.
Regards,
Kostas
Likno Customer Support
www.likno.com
Create any type of javascript menu (CSS menu, drop-down menu, sliding menu), button, html tree, modal window, tooltip, accordion, tab, scroller, jQuery slider or design for your websites!
Like us on Facebook – Follow us on Twitter
Reply From: Akash
Hello Kostas,
Thank you for the quick response
Below is the link to get the menu ‘s java script
{URL REMOVED}
as I remember we deployed these menus using version 5.3
I don’t think you will be able to just load the top frame separately, the whole page has to be viewed with frames
Do let me know if you need any more information to help with this
Thanks
Akash
Reply From: Likno Customer Support
Indeed, the version you have does not support Keyboard Navigation. You are using build 870 and this feature was added in build 880.
According to your license you can get up to build 892 for free, so I suggest that you do this and recompile your menus.
(you can get this from your User Area account)
Regards,
Kostas
Likno Customer Support
www.likno.com
Create any type of javascript menu (CSS menu, drop-down menu, sliding menu), button, html tree, modal window, tooltip, accordion, tab, scroller, jQuery slider or design for your websites!
Like us on Facebook – Follow us on Twitter
Reply From: Akash
Hello Kostas,
Thank you for the quick help
We will recompile with the latest build and try it.
Will update you about the output
Thank you once again
Akash
Reply From: Akash
Hello Kostas,
We downloaded and installed build 892
And compiled menu in new version (menu_worker.js)
But still we are not able to use the keyboard shortcut
we did make sure the focus was on that frame the menu is in and tried to use with
both the shortcut keys “ctrl+F12” as you said and as well shift “shift+F12” as in help file and menu options
but it did not work
we have updated that menu on the link we provided earlier
We will appreciate if we can figure this issue out
Thank you for your support
Akash
Reply From: Likno Customer Support
Dear Akash,
I am afraid I have bad news.
I discussed this issue with our main developer and he told me that the keyboard navigation was never supported for cross-frame environments due to JavaScript security restrictions.
Sorry about this!
Regards,
Kostas
Likno Customer Support
www.likno.com
Create any type of javascript menu (CSS menu, drop-down menu, sliding menu), button, html tree, modal window, tooltip, accordion, tab, scroller, jQuery slider or design for your websites!
Like us on Facebook – Follow us on Twitter
Reply From: Akash
Hello Kostas,
Thank you for your help and letting us know about it
Thanks
Akash