BUG: Intrinsic Controls: Shortcut Keys Do Not Work as Expected (215373)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0
  • Microsoft eMbedded Visual Basic 3.0
This article was previously published under Q215373

SYMPTOMS

Adding numeric shortcut keys to your controls appears to have no effect.

RESOLUTION

Numeric shortcuts are remapped to the CTRL+ALT+NUMBER key combination instead of ALT+NUMBER key combination.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Create a new Windows CE pro.
  2. Place two Labels and two TextBoxes on Form1.
  3. Change the TabIndex of the controls as follows:
    • Label1.TabIndex = 0
    • Text1.TabIndex = 1
    • Label2.TabIndex = 2
    • Text2.TabIndex = 3

  4. Set the Caption property of Label1 to "&1."
  5. Set the Caption property of Label2 to "&a."
  6. Run the application.
If you run the application in emulation, you are able to switch between Text1 and Text2 by pressing ALT+1 and ALT+A key combinations respectively.

If you run the application on a device, you are not able to switch to Text1 using the ALT+1 keyboard shortcut. Instead, you need to use the CTRL+ALT+1 key combination.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/19/2005
Keywords:kbbug kbpending kbToolkit KB215373
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