2.1.4 Character Key Shortcuts Level A

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Description

If a keyboard shortcut is implemented in content using only letter (including upper- and lower-case letters), punctuation, number, or symbol characters, then at least one of the following is true:

Turn off

A mechanism is available to turn the shortcut off;

Remap

A mechanism is available to remap the shortcut to use one or more non-printable keyboard characters (e.g. Ctrl, Alt, etc);

Active only on focus

The keyboard shortcut for a user interface component is only active when that component has focus.

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