Progress
Language Tutorial
for Character
Mnemonics
A mnemonic provides a way to access menu items from the keyboard. The user can use mnemonics to navigate through a menu by first activating the menu bar, then typing the mnemonic character. Progress indicates the mnemonic character by underlining it in the menu. For example, suppose the menu bar contained these elements: File, Edit, and Reports. Once the menu bar is active, the mnemonic to access the File menu is f, the Edit menu is e, and the Reports menu is r. By default, Progress assigns the first character in the item label as the mnemonic. However, you can also define it yourself by inserting an ampersand (&) before the letter in the label.
This code fragment defines the mnemonic for the Exit menu item:
By default, the mnemonic for Open is o.
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