Underscore in DocumentWindow Header is displayed instead of becoming shortcut - Docking/MDI for WPF Forum

Posted 8 years ago by Jim Carole

Version: 15.1.0623

Platform: .NET 4.5

Environment: Windows 7 (64-bit)

I need to enable users to make a DocumentWindow active using <alt>SomeDesignatedLetter like WPF's tab control supports (I do know about <ctrl>Tab as well).

Problem: When I add an underscore to the name I set the DocWin's header property to, that underscore gets displayed as a separate character and the character that follows it doesn't become a hot key.

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Posted 8 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA

Hi Jim,

I'm sorry but our Docking/MDI tabs don't support Alt+(letter) activation. We don't have plans to add that feature since docking windows are generally dynamic in nature and the Ctrl+Tab switcher provides easy access to anything.

In vNext we are also adding some new keyboard shortcuts. Ctrl+(number) will immediately select the tab at that 1-based index in the current container (TabbedMdiContainer or ToolWindowContainer). Ctrl+Alt+(number) will do the same for "pinned" tabs. Pinned tabs are another new feature in vNext.

Actipro Software Support

The latest build of this product (v23.1.0) was released 2 months ago, which was after the last post in this thread.

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