Hotkeys for menu items

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Zakk	(Posted 2009) [#1]

Does anyone know how to make the hotkey shortcuts show up next to menu items? (like "Edit">>>"Copy Ctrl+Z") It'd be easy enough to half-ass, I'm just curious whether there's a simpler way to do it.

GaryV

(Posted 2009) [#2]

http://blitzbasic.com/bpdocs/command.php?name=HotKeyEvent&ref=gui_cat

Zakk	(Posted 2009) [#3]

:/ I'd figured that much out, it's making the shortcuts appear in the menu that's the difficulty. I'd hate to have to make my own menu gadget just for that.

GaryV

(Posted 2009) [#4]

http://blitzbasic.com/bpdocs/command.php?name=WindowMenu&ref=gui_cat

; Now the Edit menu
edit=CreateMenu("&Edit",0,menu) ; Main menu with Alt Shortcut - Use & to specify the shortcut key
CreateMenu "&Copy",4,edit ; Child menu with Alt Shortcut
CreateMenu "&Paste",5,edit ; Another Child menu with Alt Shortcut
CreateMenu "Cu&t",6,edit ; Another Child menu with Alt Shortcut

Anything not supported, you will need to "subclass" (whatever the B+ equivalent is) and use the API via userlibs.

Zakk	(Posted 2009) [#5]

Thanks, I see it now. The answer was in the documentation for CreateMenu, sorry for the trouble.

One other question, how do you remove menu items after they have been added? Alternatively a method for reseting a menu to clear all of its sub-menus would be sufficient.

GaryV

(Posted 2009) [#6]

RTFM ;)

Although I have paid somebody to write a couple of apps for me in B+, I don't own B+. Any info I am giving you is directly from the online manual ;)