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ASP.NET: function hotkeys?

I recently participated in a project that replaced the mainframe system with a web system (asp.net 2.0, VS2005).
The 3270 terminals are still in use, and I respect the IMS / CICS / Cobol application developers for their work.

Users like the web application, but one thing they keep asking for is:
Function keys and shortcuts that move directly to various web forms.

Do you know a way to implement function keys in asp.net, which will be like 3270 action of function keys?

We use asp: menu as the content on the main page, but asp: item does not support the accesskey attribute:

<asp:SiteMapDataSource ID="_siteMapDataSource" runat="server"  ShowStartingNode="False" />

<asp:Menu ID="Menu1" runat="server"  DataSourceID="_siteMapDataSource" Orientation="Horizontal">
</asp:Menu>

Update: 24.jan 09: I liked @ John Sheehan. Will implement it with jQuery support in ASP.Net 3.5 SP1

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There is nothing special for ASP.NET, since you will need to process it using JavaScript. The easiest way is to use a jQuery plugin like js-hotkeys

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you can also see the accesskey property ...

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