DrawTextNoPrefix Property

Description

The DrawTextNoPrefix property is used to change how the '&' mnemonic is processed in the tab button captions.

Property Type

Read-write property

Syntax (Visual Basic)

Public Property DrawTextNoPrefix() As Boolean

Remarks

If set to FALSE, then an ampersand '&' in the tab button caption will be ignored and the character immediately following the ampersand will be underlined. A double ampersand '&&' will display a single ampersand '&'.

For example, if the tab caption was "Te&xt", then the resulting caption would look like "Text".

If set to TRUE, then the caption will be displayed unmodified.

This can be used to indicate to the user that a hot key is associated with the tab. Please note that a key cannot be directly bound to a tab; the CommandBars.Execute event can be used to handle the key binding and then the appropriate tab can be selected.

Example

This sample illustrates how to underline a character in a tab button caption. This lets the user know that a hot key is associated with the tab.

' Indicates that a single '&' in the tab button caption will result in the following  
' character being underlined.  
CommandBars.TabWorkspace.PaintManager.DrawTextNoPrefix = False