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Ampersand characters in button labels

Cooper, Becky

I have a customer who wants to be able to have labels with ampersand characters in them.  But the ampersand is a shortcut key and the resulting label is morphed into ‘This _ That’ instead of ‘This & That’.   Is there some way to escape that character or otherwise render it a literal character rather than an indicator of a shortcut key?

 

Thanks!

Becky

 


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Re: Ampersand characters in button labels

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Try using && instead.

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Thanks - that puts an underlined ampersand in the label.  Any way to get a non-underlined ampersand?  Thanks!

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Try using && instead.

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Re: Ampersand characters in button labels

Cooper, Becky
Clarification: in a label widget, the && works ('This & That').  On an
action button, the && will create a label that becomes 'This _That'.
Any other ideas would be appreciated!

Thanks!

Becky

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Thanks - that puts an underlined ampersand in the label.  Any way to get
a non-underlined ampersand?  Thanks!

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Try using && instead.

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Re: Ampersand characters in button labels

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The double ampersand in a button label creates the desired effect for me in both VW 7.6 and VW 7.7.1:
    This & That
 
Perhaps you have code loaded that is interfering?
 
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From: "Cooper, Becky" <[hidden email]>
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Subject: Re: [vwnc] Ampersand characters in button labels

Clarification: in a label widget, the && works ('This & That').  On an
action button, the && will create a label that becomes 'This _That'.
Any other ideas would be appreciated!

Thanks!

Becky

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Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 2:23 PM
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Subject: Re: [vwnc] Ampersand characters in button labels

Thanks - that puts an underlined ampersand in the label.  Any way to get
a non-underlined ampersand?  Thanks!

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Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 2:20 PM
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Subject: Re: [vwnc] Ampersand characters in button labels

Try using && instead.

David Buck

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Re: Ampersand characters in button labels

Cooper, Becky

Ah, you’re right!  Out of the box VW seems to work ok.  Thanks for that!  I’ll start looking more closely at our extensions.

 

Thanks!

Becky

 

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The double ampersand in a button label creates the desired effect for me in both VW 7.6 and VW 7.7.1:

    This & That

 

Perhaps you have code loaded that is interfering?
 

Dave Stevenson
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From: "Cooper, Becky" <[hidden email]>
To: "Cooper, Becky" <[hidden email]>; [hidden email]; vwnc <[hidden email]>
Sent: Wed, December 8, 2010 1:28:57 PM
Subject: Re: [vwnc] Ampersand characters in button labels

Clarification: in a label widget, the && works ('This & That').  On an
action button, the && will create a label that becomes 'This _That'.
Any other ideas would be appreciated!

Thanks!

Becky

-----Original Message-----
From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On
Behalf Of Cooper, Becky
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 2:23 PM
To: [hidden email]; vwnc
Subject: Re: [vwnc] Ampersand characters in button labels

Thanks - that puts an underlined ampersand in the label.  Any way to get
a non-underlined ampersand?  Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
From: David Buck <[hidden email]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 2:20 PM
To: vwnc <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: [vwnc] Ampersand characters in button labels

Try using && instead.

David Buck

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Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 14:08:41
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