UseMnemonic in MenuItem

[Richard Slade]

Hello,
I'd like to use an & in one of my menu items, but can't as UseMnemonic doesn't seem to be accessable. I have tried setting a TextPrimitive first and serting the text of the menu item to that, but that doesn't seem to work. I can't use && as this cuts off some of the text. How can I use UseMnemonic in the text property of a MenuItem?

Thanks

[Nick]

Hello Chris Browning,

RadMenu currently does not support mnemonics and accelerators. We do offer command bindings that you can use though.

We are going to add mnemonics and accelerators to RadMenu (and other controls) in a future release -  unfortunately we cannot deliver them for Q2 2009, because this release is already planned out. Please excuse us for the introduced inconvenience.

 
Kind regards,
Nick
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[Richard Slade]

Hi,

Can you tell me how command binding may help in this situation please?
Thanks

[Nick]

Hello Richard Slade,

Command bindings can replace accelerators. They are bit more complex though. Please see the attached screenshot - I think that the screenshot is self-descripting, however, if you have further questions, do not hesitate to write me back.

Greetings,
Nick
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[Richard Slade]

I just want to be able to use an & in my Menu. I guess I'll have to do without,
Thanks

[Nick]

Hello Richard Slade,

Thank you for your feedback. I will raise the priority of this feature for our future releases.

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Nick
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[Ben]

I too have data in my database which contains '&' characters and wish to display this in a group box header. I presume I am also out of luck using the Telerik RadGroupBox control? Will UseMnemonic be added to RadGroupBox as well?

[Nick]

Hi Ben,

Thank you for contacting us. Using mnemonics in the header of RadGroupBox implies that the element can be chosen. When we were designing RadGroupBox, we considered this controls as a container that cannot get focus just like the standard one. However, it seems that we can extend RadGroupBox with mnemonics. We will certainly add mnemonics to RadMenu and will consider the opportunity of adding mnemonics to RadGroupBox.

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Nick
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[Ben]

Hi Nick,

I would tend to agree with you. However if I set the header text in a RadGroupBox header to "Here & There" the text is displayed as "Here _There". This is bad since it looks wrong and also gives the impression there is a shortcut that is somehow linked to that group box.

Please advise.

Ben

[Nick]

Hello Ben,

I see, please use the following code to turn off mnemonics:

((TextPrimitive)this.radGroupBox1.GroupBoxElement.Children[1].Children[2].Children[1]).UseMnemonic = false;

The issue will be fixed in Q2 2009 release. I have updated your Telerik points.

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Nick
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[Ben]

Thanks Nick - that has done the trick.

[Ben]

Was this fixed for the 2009 Q2 release? I can't see it in there...

[Nick]

Hello Ben,

It seems fixed. Do you spot a bug somewhere?

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Nick
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[Ben]

Apologies Nick - I thought there was going to be a 'UseMnemonic" property added - but I guess that is not necessary in the group box control since they don't support shortcuts etc. I just tested it and it seems fine.

Thanks.

Ben

[Khizar Khan]

This also happening in RadMenuItem and RadDropdownButton.

can you please advice of the above to set UseMnemonic as false.

thanks and regards
Khizar

[Richard Slade]

Hello,

the following code shows how to turn this off in RadDropDownButton and RadMenuItem.

' to change on the RadDropDownButton
CType(Me.RadDropDownButton1.DropDownButtonElement.ActionButton.Children(1).Children(1), TextPrimitive).UseMnemonic = False
' to change on a RadMenuItem
CType(Me.RadMenuItem1.Children(2).Children(0).Children(1).Children(0), TextPrimitive).UseMnemonic = False

Hope that helps
Richard