Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard Shortcuts

The HTML 4 pilot supports the following keyboard shortcuts in the rendering panel:

Shortcut

Description

Tab and Shift+Tab

Moves focus to the next or previous link or form element.

Space

If the rendering panel or a link has focus, pages down. If a button has focus, presses the button.

Enter

If the rending panel has focus, has no effect. If a button has focus, presses the button. If a link has focus, navigates to that link location. If a form element within a form block has focus, submits the form.

Direction keys (left, right, up, and down arrow)

Scrolls the viewable area. Within a form element that uses the arrow keys (such as a text field), the arrow keys are used to move within the form element.

Page Up and Page Down

Scrolls the page up or down. If a form element has focus, has no effect.

Home and End

Scrolls to the top or bottom of the page. For form elements, behaves as required for the particular element.

Ctrl + and Ctrl -

Zooms in or out. Within form elements, types the character or has no effect. You can disable the zoom keys with the ice.pilots.html4.disableZoomKeys system property.

Ctrl+0 (zero)

Resets the zoom level to 100%.

Ctrl+C

Copies the selected text.

Ctrl+X

Cuts the selected text.

Ctrl+V

Copies the selected text.

Ctrl+A

Selects all text on the page.

Shift+ left/right arrow

Extends/reduces selected content range by one character.

Ctrl+Shift+ left/right arrow

Extends/reduces selected content range by one word.

Shift+ up/down arrow

Extends/reduces selected content range by one sentence.

Note: For shortcuts on the Mac, use Cmd instead of Ctrl.

These shortcuts are implemented in the ice.pilots.html4.DefaultActionHandler, which is the default handler for key events in the HTML 4 pilot. If you require custom handling of keyboard shortcuts, you can replace this handler with the setDefaultEventHandler( ) method of ice.pilots.html4.ThePilot.

Shortcut	Description
Tab and Shift+Tab	Moves focus to the next or previous link or form element.
Space	If the rendering panel or a link has focus, pages down. If a button has focus, presses the button.
Enter	If the rending panel has focus, has no effect. If a button has focus, presses the button. If a link has focus, navigates to that link location. If a form element within a form block has focus, submits the form.
Direction keys (left, right, up, and down arrow)	Scrolls the viewable area. Within a form element that uses the arrow keys (such as a text field), the arrow keys are used to move within the form element.
Page Up and Page Down	Scrolls the page up or down. If a form element has focus, has no effect.
Home and End	Scrolls to the top or bottom of the page. For form elements, behaves as required for the particular element.
Ctrl + and Ctrl -	Zooms in or out. Within form elements, types the character or has no effect. You can disable the zoom keys with the ice.pilots.html4.disableZoomKeys system property.
Ctrl+0 (zero)	Resets the zoom level to 100%.
Ctrl+C	Copies the selected text.
Ctrl+X	Cuts the selected text.
Ctrl+V	Copies the selected text.
Ctrl+A	Selects all text on the page.
Shift+ left/right arrow	Extends/reduces selected content range by one character.
Ctrl+Shift+ left/right arrow	Extends/reduces selected content range by one word.
Shift+ up/down arrow	Extends/reduces selected content range by one sentence.