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Re: Widgets: Menu access through keyboard on Linux [message #39468]

Mon, 24 May 2004 16:21

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Benjamin Hornberger writes:

> by chance I found that on Windows systems, by adding a "&" to the value
> (text) of a menu button, the letter after the "&" will be underlined and
> the menu can be opened via Alt + that letter (or a button within a menu
> can be "clicked" by just that letter). On Linux, it doesn't work -- the
> "&" will just be printed as a character. Is there any trick instead (for
> Linux platforms)?

Alas, this is one of those times where there is no
trick--or treat--on UNIX platforms. Windows only. :-(

Cheers,

David

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