Shortcut key on Tab control Item

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   Hi,
I see no way of assigning a shortcut key to a tab control item.  The obvious way of doing it by setting the caption to "&Contacts" does not work as the ampersand is displayed.
Is this a bug?  If so please fix it ASAP.  If not please put it in ASAP!
Thanks
Jonathan

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Jonathan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 29 November 2004 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jonathan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Shortcut key on Tab control Item Posted: 29 November 2004 at 1:16am
	Hi, I see no way of assigning a shortcut key to a tab control item. The obvious way of doing it by setting the caption to "&Contacts" does not work as the ampersand is displayed. Is this a bug? If so please fix it ASAP. If not please put it in ASAP! Thanks Jonathan

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 November 2004 at 3:33am
	You must add method manually: In properties window set KeyPreview = True and Private Sub Form_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer) If (KeyCode = Asc("M")) And ((Shift And vbAltMask) > 0) Then TabControl(4).Selected = True End If ... End Sub
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Boyd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 08 December 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 285	Post Options Post Reply Quote Boyd Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 November 2004 at 8:10am
	If we have to manually implement the shorcut key combination, how will the user know which shortcut key to use when selecting a tab? Without the ability to underline a character in the tab display (as is the Windows convention), the user will typically not know the key combination. Could you consider implementing the ability to place an ampersand in the caption that indicates the shortcut character so that the programmer can provide hints about which shortcut key to press?

Jonathan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 29 November 2004 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jonathan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 November 2004 at 8:47pm
	I agree. We can't do it manually since we can't display the shortcut key combo. Realistically we shouldn't have to implement this manually anyway since most Tab controls support this functionality automatically. When I was evaluating the control I didn't test this as I assumed it would be there. It would be really great if this feature could be added...

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 December 2004 at 1:36am
	Ok, I see. In next version we will add DrawTextNoPrefix property of TabPaintManager. Thank you for suggestion.
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS