Menus.ShortCut Function

Creates a menu shortcut for a specified key combination.

Pascal

function ShortCut(Key: Word; Shift: TShiftState): TShortCut;

C++

TShortCut ShortCut(Word Key, TShiftState Shift);

File

Menus

Description

Call ShortCut to create a menu shortcut at runtime.

Specify a Key value using a virtual key code (Menus version) or Qt key code (QMenus version).

Specify the values for the Shift, Control, and Alt keys by using a set of type TShiftState. For example, to specify the Shift key, use the set [ssShift]. To specify a Shift and Ctrl key combination, use the set [ssShift, ssCtrl].

Assign the value returned by ShortCut as the value of the ShortCut property of a menu item.

Note: TextToShortCut can also create a shortcut. TextToShortCut converts a string to a shortcut, so it can be used to let the user specify the shortcut. However, TextToShortCut executes much more slowly than ShortCut. Use ShortCut whenever possible.