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• han

  Posted on Jul 4, 2008 (permalink)

   Hi. I hope, i can explain my problem with Radmenu. When i was add an item with "&" (Accelerator) for character shortcut, underline is everytime showing. For example; When i typed to menu item "&File" it's showing "File" but i wanna see that only, if i press to "Alt" key from keyboard. Other times i wanna see like normal "File"...
  
   And then, how can i add function keys for shortcut? I mean i wanna use "F1","F5", etc ...
  
   Is there anyway to do this ? Thanks for help ...

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• Answer Jack Jack

  Posted on Jul 7, 2008 (permalink)

  Hello Han,
  
  Thank you for your questions.
  
  Currently RadMenu doesn't support this feature. We will consider implementing it in a future version.
  
  You should add a new CommandBinding to your menu item and associate the ActionCommand with this binding. This can be done at design-time, through the properties panel and the CommandBinding property of the menu item. Additionally you can set a hint text through the HintText property.
  
  You may also find the following topic helpful: http://www.telerik.com/help/winforms/architecture_handlinguserinputcommandbindings.html
  
  Please let me know if you need further assistance.
  
  All the best,
  Jack
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• Mark Griebling Intermediate

  Posted on Sep 24, 2008 (permalink)

  I believe the current standard is not to show the Underline until the Alt key is pressed.  Has any progress been made on changing the behavior?
  
  Thanks,
  Mark

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• Jack Jack

  Posted on Sep 25, 2008 (permalink)

  Hi Mark,
  
  Thank you for contacting us.
  
  You are correct, this is the modern behavior for underlining the hot keys used in Windows Vista. Currently RadMenu supports only the classic behavior, when the underlining is always visible.
  
  We have plans to support the new behavior, however I can't give you exact time line when it will be implemented. We will be happy to raise the priority of this feature if we see more interest in it.
  
  Do not hesitate to contact me if you have other questions.
  
  Thank you
  All the best,
  Jack
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• David Simmonds

  Posted on May 5, 2011 (permalink)

  I am using 2011.1. CommandBindings is a property available from code but it does not show in the property grid. Why not?

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• Stefan Stefan

  Posted on May 10, 2011 (permalink)

  Hi David,
  
  Thank you for writing.
  
  CommandBindings is an obsolete implementation of our shortcuts mechanism since we introduced RadShortcut. Please refer to this help section, which demonstrates how to take advantage of the new functionality.
  
  Should you have any other questions, do not hesitate to contact us.
   
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  Stefan
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• Eric

  Posted on Sep 16, 2011 (permalink)

  For anybody having problems getting the F keys to work (F5, etc) please note you have to specify a 0 with your desired F-key as follows:
  
  

  menuSave.Shortcuts.Add(New RadShortcut(0, Keys.F12))

  
  
  This bug report tipped me off:
  http://www.telerik.com/support/pits.aspx#/public/winforms/2592
  

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• Stefan Stefan

  Posted on Sep 22, 2011 (permalink)

  Hi Eric,
  
  Thank you for writing.
  
  I just want to mention that 0 in this scenario equals Keys.None. So you can also use:
  

  menuSave.Shortcuts.Add(New RadShortcut(Keys.None, Keys.F12))

  
  In regards to the PITS issue, I have modified its text to make it more understandable.
   
  Regards,
  Stefan
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