Chapter 4 Working with Menus, Toolbars, and Dialog Boxes 101
Try adding access keys to the Clock menu now.Add access keys- Click the Clock menu name on the form, pause a moment, and then click it again.
The menu name is highlighted, and a blinking I-beam (text-editing cursor) appears at the
end of the selection. With the I-beam, you can edit your menu name or add the ampersand
character (&) for an access key. (If you double-clicked the menu name, the Code Editor
might have opened. If that happened, close the Code Editor and repeat step 1 .)- Press the LEFT ARROW key five times to move the I-beam to just before the Clock
menu name.
The I-beam blinks before the letter C in Clock. - Type & to define the letter C as the access key for the Clock menu.
An ampersand appears in the text box in front of the word Clock.- Click the Date command in the menu list, and then click Date a second time to display
the I-beam. - Type & before the letter D.
The letter D is now defined as the access key for the Date command.- Click the Time command in the menu list, and then click the command a second time
to display the I-beam. - Type & before the letter T.
The letter T is now defined as the access key for the Time command.- Press ENTER.
Pressing ENTER locks in your text-editing changes. Your form looks like this: