id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc
11916	Please consider different shortcut for Accessibility Help (not Alt-0)	AR		"ISSUE: On Macs, Alt-0 means Option-0. The Option key is often used to apply accents or access alternate forms of letters within a language. By selecting Alt-0 (Option-0), CKEditor is preventing users of some languages from writing efficiently within the editor.

IMPACT: CKEditor 3.2+

REQUEST: Please select a different keyboard shortcut for the Accessibility Help option of CKEditor.

MORE DETAILS:
A language professor at our university complains that Option-0 is a critical accent in the Hebrew language on a Mac.  Per the professor's complaint, ""On a Mac, Option + anything shouldn't be a built-in hotkey, because Option + keystroke is how you get to accents, alternate forms of letters, etc. In my case, Option + Zero is the keymap for a critical mark in Hebrew, one that is used in practically every multi-syllable word. Yet I have to go to the Mac equivalent of the character map to get this absolutely indispensable mark because CKEditor has hotkeyed the accessibility instructions to Option+Zero. Any way to turn that OFF?""

We have been told that we can't re-assign the Alt-0 (Option-0) shortcut within the CKEditor through the configuration options.  Apparently, we can disable all keyboard shortcuts, but this would impact accessibility compliance for users that need navigation access through the keyboard.

To address this issue, please consider either allowing an institution to select a different ""Accessibility Help"" keyboard shortcut or consider selecting a different shortcut for the editor to minimize impact on content authors using the tool. Perhaps members of the CKEditor community familiar with internationalization and accessibility keyboard shortcuts might identify a preferred shortcut for the tool that won't conflict with screen readers.

Thank you for your time and consideration."	New Feature	closed	Normal		General	4.0	duplicate