picoe/Eto

Alternative to &File in menu items to set key that opens menu item

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#1,531 opened on Dec 10, 2019

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Description

The default code and examples I've seen do something like this: new ButtonMenuItem { Text = "&File", , Items = { clickMe } } But I'm localizing my application, so I can't do &File because not all languages will start with F for this word and I don't want to change the keyboard shortcuts based on the user's language (there are articles against doing that). Is there a way to set the ampersand behavior without specifying it on Text? Shortcut doesn't do it and I can't see anything else in Intellisense.

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Research direction
Investigate how Eto defines accelerator keys for menu items via the ampersand character. Explore adding a separate property, such as AcceleratorKey, that allows setting the accelerator key independently of the Text property. Consider backward compatibility and localization best practices.
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
desktop
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3
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C#
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