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namko
namko

Reputation: 647

What does the "&" keyword do on access caption property?

I was looking at an Access demo database and I found that the captions for buttons were written something like this : &btn1 and&btn2

Upon inspection I realized that the "&" keyword creates an underline on the letter immediately following it. But from the docs it seems like the "&" keyword has other functions but I do not understand what it is. Would you please clarify what this sentence means that I pulled form the docs at this link:

You can use the Caption property to assign an access key to a label or command button. In the caption, include an ampersand (&) immediately preceding the character you want to use as an access key.

What does assigning an access key to a label mean?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 310

Answers (1)

AHeyne
AHeyne

Reputation: 3455

You can use the keyboard to access the control (or the control bound with the label) by pressing Alt and the letter following the & in the controls or labels caption.

Upvotes: 1

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