KEY

IUP - Portable User Interface

KEY

Associates a key to a menu item or submenu. Such key works as a shortcut when the menu is open, this is not a hot key.

Value

String containing a key description. Please refer to the Keyboard Codes table for a list of the possible values.

Default: NULL

Notes

IUP automatically underlines the first appearance of the chosen menu letter. For such, the chosen letter must necessarily be a part of the menu text.

In the menu bar, some systems automatically associate the ALT+<letter> combination for the chosen letter. This is valid for the Windows driver, but not for the Motif driver.

Be careful not to misuse this attribute in relation to K_ANY or K_* callbacks.

Affects

IupItem, IupSubMenu.