Accelerator key definition. |
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Create an accelerator key. |
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Guidelines for accelerator keys. |
Accelerator key definition
Accelerator keys:
Enable users to access dialog box controls by pressing Alt + <specified letter>.
Are essentially a single letter from a control's label.
Users can employ accelerator keys to:
Choose a push button or an option button.
Toggle a check box on or off and move the insertion point into one of the following.
Text box
Group box
Currently selected item in one of the following.
List box.
Combo box.
Drop list box..
Create an accelerator key
Open the Information dialog box for the control that will have an assigned an accelerator key.
Select the Text$ field.
Type an ampersand (&) before the letter designated as the accelerator key.
Click the Enter on the keyboard.
button or pressResult: The designated letter is now underlined on the control's label; users will be able to access the control by pressing Alt +<underlined letter>.
Guidelines for accelerator keys
Accelerator keys can be assigned directly to the following controls that have their own label
Check boxes
Group boxes
Option buttons
Push buttons
The
and buttons cannot have accelerator keysNote: and labels cannot be edited.
A de facto accelerator key can be created for certain controls that do not have their own labels by assigning an accelerator key to an associated text control.
Combo boxes
Drop list boxes
List boxes
Text boxes
Accelerator key assignments must be unique within a particular dialog box. If you attempt to assign the same accelerator key to more than one control, a message displays reporting that the letter has already been assigned.
Note: In order for such a de facto accelerator key to work properly, the text control or group box label to which you assign the accelerator key must be associated with the control(s) to which you want to provide user access that is, in the dialog box template, the description of the text control or group box must immediately precede the description of the control(s) that you want associated with it. The simplest way to establish such an association is to create the text control or group box first, followed immediately by the associated control(s)
3. Edit a custom dialog box. |