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Asked: 2026-05-18T12:21:38+00:00

I’ve got a WPF program containing a simple Menu. When The keyboard focus is

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I’ve got a WPF program containing a simple Menu.

When The keyboard focus is set into the menu, in Win32 I was able to jump to menu items by typing the first character of the MenuItem name.

In WPF menus this does not work anymore, unless I mark the first character of the menu item using an underscore.

Is this a bug or a feature?

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  1. Editorial Team

    This is supported in wpf also.It is done by adding an underscore in front of a character.
    (The ampersand does not work in WPF!).Check the below sample

      <Menu Height="22" Name="menu1" Width="200" Margin="10, 10, 5, 5" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" BorderThickness="2">
    <MenuItem Header="_File">

            <MenuItem Header="_Open" IsCheckable="False">
                <MenuItem Header="_One" IsCheckable="True"/>
                <MenuItem Header="_Two" IsCheckable="True"/>
            </MenuItem>

                <MenuItem Header="_Close" IsCheckable="True"/>

                <MenuItem Header="_Save" IsCheckable="True"/>
    </MenuItem>
    </Menu>

    The underlined characters show up when you press the Alt key to access the menu. You can then navigate the menu by pressing the underlined characters

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