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Hi,

I would like to know how to assign 'hotkey' letters to buttons, so that the text is also underlined on the button.

Example: Next >

Just by pressing 'N', the button is activated.

I've searched in the help files and on the forums, but can't find anything. Maybe I'm searching using the wrong keywords?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanx!

F

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Hi,

I would like to know how to assign 'hotkey' letters to buttons, so that the text is also underlined on the button.

Example: Next >

Just by pressing 'N', the button is activated.

I've searched in the help files and on the forums, but can't find anything. Maybe I'm searching using the wrong keywords?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanx!

F

Put an ampersamd before the letter you want to use. If you need to have an ampersand in the caption then put 2 to get 1 shown. I Assume that if you want an ampersand as the hot key then you put 3 but I've never tried.

Eg

&Next

will show as Next

Ne&xt

will show as Next

This is a standard Windows feature and is the same for any language.

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Thanx Martin!

I have done what you said, but it doesn't work every time.

$but1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("&Next >", 326, 325, 74, 23, $BS_DEFPUSHBUTTON)

Sometimes the 'N' is underlined and sometimes it's not (although the 'hotkey' "n" always works)

Another thing... on the next screen I change my button: GUICtrlSetData($but1, 'I &Agree >')

But the 'A' is not underlined and it also doesn't work if I just push "a" on the keyboard.

Weird...

F

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ok... if i click around a bit (next, back, next, back), the letters get underlined (strange), and even though the "a" doesn't work, if I press alt + 'a' or alt + 'b' (for the back button) it works.

I'll check again when I've compiled the script what happens.

Thanx again for the help!

F

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:graduated: Learnt something new today :(

I found the setting at long last... I'm sure it was easier to find on xp (I'm on vista now).

Control Panel ==> Ease of Access ==> Make the keyboard easier to use ==> Underline keyboard shortcuts and access keys

Usually it's not ticked, and the underline is only shown when you press the Alt key.

Maybe that will be something people like to tick, I might leave it on for now.

Mat

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