RadioButton problem

20 Sep 2006 2:57 AM

mack

There may be a design error in the VB 2005 Radio Button: Label a button
"RadioButton&x" (x or any other letter) where "&" denotes that the alt-x key
combination is supposed to evoke the button. With VB 2005, the button
responds to the letter without simultaneously pressing alt. This causes a
problem... if the user presses that key for any unrelated reasons, the
button click is evoked... not usable. Was this an error on the part of MS?

20 Sep 2006 3:50 AM

Cor Ligthert [MVP]

Mack,

There is a special part on Connect Microsoft for this.

http://connect.microsoft.com/Main/content/content.aspx?ContentID=2220

Cor

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> There may be a design error in the VB 2005 Radio Button: Label a button
> "RadioButton&x" (x or any other letter) where "&" denotes that the alt-x
> key combination is supposed to evoke the button. With VB 2005, the button
> responds to the letter without simultaneously pressing alt. This causes a
> problem... if the user presses that key for any unrelated reasons, the
> button click is evoked... not usable. Was this an error on the part of MS?
>
>
>
>

20 Sep 2006 12:17 PM

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"mack" <hp223m***@hotmail.com> schrieb:
> There may be a design error in the VB 2005 Radio Button: Label a button
> "RadioButton&x" (x or any other letter) where "&" denotes that the alt-x
> key combination is supposed to evoke the button. With VB 2005, the button
> responds to the letter without simultaneously pressing alt. This causes a
> problem... if the user presses that key for any unrelated reasons, the
> button click is evoked... not usable. Was this an error on the part of MS?

This behavior is by design, and it will only work if a control which does
not expect character input like a textbox has the focus.

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