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Re: Accelerator Key Problem

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From: Warren Stewart
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:04
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> "Warren Stewart" <stewtech@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> > My problem is the underline for the accelerator key does not always show
> > up on Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
>
>"Remy Lebeau (TeamB)"
> The display of accelerators is disabled by default in those versions of
> Windows.  You have to enable it in the Display applet of the Control
Panel.
> That has nothing to do with the VCL.
>

Thanks Remy.   For WinXP, Win2003, using:
Control Panel | Display | Appearance tab | Effects Button
I find a checkbox labeled:  "Hide underlined letters for keyboard navigation
until I hit the ALT key".  When I uncheck this box, I'm still not getting
visible underlines on the main menu options.  Rather, I get a behavior where
pressing the ALT key depresses the left most main menu selection in button
fashion;  allows left-right main menu item navigation with the arrow keys;
and, when you press the ENTER key, the submenu of the depressed menu item is
displayed with its accelerator keys underlined.

To check what would happen, I changed the AutoHotKeys property of the
TMainMenu component from maAutomatic to maManual.  This had no effect.  Are
you aware of any other setting in the Control Panel, Display applet that
might alter this further?

Thanks
Warren S.
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