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How to use "&" in Menu Items (WPF)


I don't know what is "&" called, but I want to add to a WPF menu item like this &Search so when we hit Alt, a small line will appear under "S".

See picture below:

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Solution

  • This is called an accelerator key. In WPF it's used by the _ character prefix.

    For example: _Search, Hel_p Favorites, etc.