Shortcut key code in anchor tags does not change focus in Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 (840868)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP1
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004
- Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition

SYMPTOMS

You create a Web page that uses the following anchor tag code. This code uses the shortcut key code "accesskey".

<A href="function()" accesskey="X">
		  &nbsp;Anchor_Text&nbsp;(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).

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

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	12/14/2004
Keywords:	kbtshoot kbprb KB840868 kbAudDeveloper kbAudEndUser