How do I force underlining of the first character in the mainmenu?

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Hello,

How do I force the underlining (e.g. &File (File)) of the first character in the MainMenu header items? I can do it with MenuStrip using renderer, but the same technique is unfortunately not applicable with the MainMenu.

For those who don't know how to get the legacy control 'MainMenu', you can get it by right-clicking on the toolbox and selecting 'Select Items...' and then searching for 'MainMenu'.

Thanks very much for your help! 8)

What I have tried:

I have tried using the renderer method that I have used in other projects for the MenuStrip; however this does not work with the MainMenu.

Posted 14-Dec-17 4:08am

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Updated 14-Dec-17 14:49pm

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CHill60 14-Dec-17 10:51am

Have you tried preceding the character you want underlined with an ampersand & and making sure the items have ShowShortCutKeys = true

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phil.o · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-14T14:49:00

The MainMenu class is just a container which holds MenuItem objects, those which are meant to display text and, eventually, mnemonics. So, the MainMenu in itself is not meant to display any text.
You can find more on these there:
MainMenu Class[^]
MenuItem Class[^]
MenuItem.Mnemonic Property[^]