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Tuncay
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 Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 3:34 pm Post subject: [solved]The & character will not be written by GuiContro |
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AutoHotkey Version: 1.0.48.5 (mainstream version by Chris)
Is this a bug or known limitation? Or why does it not work?
| Code: | Gui, Add, Text, Vtext w140 h80, hello world.
Gui, Show
Return
F1::GuiControl, Text, text, new & text
GuiClose:
ExitApp |
Why is the & character not written to the control? Instead of an underscore is shown or a space.
[Moved from Bug Reports forum. ~jaco0646]
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tidbit
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| Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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& makes the fallowing letter a hotkey.
notice the _ ?
notice in many apps, some specific letter is underlined on most buttons|menus? it makes it a hotkey.
to avoid this, 'escape' it. use the ` character (the key on the ~ (tilde)).
`&
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Tuncay
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| Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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Of course I tried that `&, and at least on my computer it does not work. I am working on Windows Vista now. And it is a text control.
Is there any workaround??
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tidbit
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| Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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yeah, whoops. you are supposed to use &&.
one of those lame exceptions like "".
| Quote: | Certain controls may contain an ampersand (&) to create a keyboard shortcut, which might be displayed in the control's text as an underlined character (depending on system settings). A user activates the shortcut by holding down the ALT key then typing the corresponding character. For buttons, checkboxes, and radio buttons, pressing the shortcut is the same as clicking the control. For GroupBoxes and Text controls, pressing the shortcut causes keyboard focus to jump to the first input-capable tabstop control that was created after it. However, if more than one control has the same shortcut key, pressing the shortcut will alternate keyboard focus among all controls with the same shortcut.
To display a literal ampersand inside the control types mentioned above, specify two consecutive ampersands as in this example: Save && Exit |
| Code: | #SingleInstance force
Gui, Add, text, Vtext w140 h40, hello && world.
Gui, Add, text, Vtext2 w140 h40, hello world.
Gui, Show
Return
F1::GuiControl, Text, text2, new && text
GuiClose:
ExitApp |
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Tuncay
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| Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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I just found that in the documentation about (Unnamed Style) of Text Controls:
| Quote: | | SS_NOPREFIX 0x80 Prevents interpretation of any ampersand (&) characters in the control's text as accelerator prefix characters. This can be useful when file names or other strings that might contain an ampersand (&) must be displayed within a text control |
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