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Bug 403206

Summary:	[MenuItem] Support Accelerator Text
Product:	[RT] RAP	Reporter:	Ralf Sternberg <rsternberg>
Component:	RWT	Assignee:	Project Inbox <rap-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	jsetya, tbuschto
Version:	2.1
Target Milestone:	2.1 M2
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:

Description Ralf Sternberg

2013-03-13 11:02:14 EDT

In SWT, MenuItems support the display of accelerators in the text. Since MenuItem#setAccelerator is now supported (bug 303034), we should also add support for accelerator text.

From the JavaDoc of MenuItem#setText:

"Accelerator text is indicated by the '\t' character. On platforms that support accelerator text, the text that follows the '\t' character is displayed to the user, typically indicating the key stroke that will cause the item to become selected. [...]"

Comment 1 Tim Buschtoens

2013-03-20 10:55:46 EDT

Fixed in commit d5028580dbbc09a1612137ddca143f31a7bf72f0.

The tab is rendered as four white spaces and the text is aligned right
like in windows. The MenmonicTab in the controls demo was slightly
modified to contain a accelerator example.

Comment 2 Setya Nugdjaja

2015-02-05 21:42:15 EST

Hi Tim,

Is accelerator in IAction supported ? Since I'm unable to make it work using IAction.setAccelerator.

Thanks & Regards,
Setya

Comment 3 Ivan Furnadjiev

2015-02-06 07:05:56 EST

Setya, if your code works in RCP please file a bugzilla with complete self-running snippet (project/entry point) in order to reproduce the issue.