keyboardShortcut(keys)

Class: MenuItem.

Description:

Sets keyboard shortcut (accelerators) to menu item type of components: MenuItem, CheckBoxMenuItem, RadioButtonMenuItem. See examples below. Allows to activate the menu item action using specified keyboard key combination on keyboard. This shortcut is usually display in the right side of the mnu item's text.

Parameters:

Name Type Description

keys

string

Key combination as a string. See example how to construct it.

Returns:

String Description of keyboard shortcut

Examples:

Modifiers: CTRL|CONTROL|SHIFT|ALT|ALTGRAPH|META

Keys: A-Z|0-9|NUMPAD[0-9]|SPACE|INSERT|ESCAPE|F[1-24]|TAB|ADD|SUBTRACT|DELETE|BACK_SPACE|BACK_SLASH|
BRACELEFT|BRACERIGHT|OPEN_BRACKET|CLOSE_BRACKET|SEMICOLON|COMMA|CAPS_LOCK|BACK_QUOTE|MINUS|PERIOD|
UP|DOWN|RIGHT|LEFT|MULTIPLY|DIVIDE|NUM_LOCK|HOME|END|PAGE_UP|PAGE_DOWN|PAUSE|SCROLL_LOCK|WINDOWS|
CONTEXT_MENU|DECIMAL|ENTER

Example key combinations: CTRL+Q, ALT+F1, CTRL+SHIFT+5, CTRL+N4, META+SHIFT+6, DELETE+SHIFT, SHIFT+UP, CTRL+OPEN_BRACKET, ATL+DOWN

menuItem1.keyboardShortcut("CTRL+Q");
menuItemUP.keyboardShortcut("SHIFT+NUMPAD[8]");