<![CDATA[Setting "hot keys" (or whatever they are called) for items in menus]]>How do you set the shortcuts for opening menus and submenus? I know there is setShortcut in QAction, but I am referring to the underlining of a specific character, so when that character is pressed while the parent menu is open, the submenu will open. (e.g.) "Print" is a submenu in the file menu, and the "P" character needs to be underlined so that when it is pressed, the print dispatch will trigger. I know that putting '&' before the specified character usually notifies the program which character should be the "hot key". Just wondering if there is any specific way to do that with Qt.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/topic/53999/setting-hot-keys-or-whatever-they-are-called-for-items-in-menusRSS for NodeFri, 05 Jun 2026 22:07:29 GMTWed, 06 May 2015 20:40:13 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Setting "hot keys" (or whatever they are called) for items in menus on Thu, 07 May 2015 14:53:55 GMT]]>It's not Qt specific and that's how Windows worked from the time it was invented. The accelerators are keyboard navigation aid and they are not shown unless you use keyboard.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/273165https://forum.qt.io/post/273165Thu, 07 May 2015 14:53:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Setting "hot keys" (or whatever they are called) for items in menus on Thu, 07 May 2015 14:40:36 GMT]]>@Chris-Kawa Is there a way to make them always visible? Seems unreasonable to ask the user of the app to have to press the alt key to see them beforehand.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/273163https://forum.qt.io/post/273163Thu, 07 May 2015 14:40:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Setting "hot keys" (or whatever they are called) for items in menus on Thu, 07 May 2015 14:21:41 GMT]]>It should show up (only) when you navigate to menus via keyboard i.e. hold "alt".

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/273160https://forum.qt.io/post/273160Thu, 07 May 2015 14:21:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Setting "hot keys" (or whatever they are called) for items in menus on Thu, 07 May 2015 14:05:29 GMT]]>@Chris-Kawa The accelerators are working, but the line that usually shows up below the accelerator key is not there.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/273157https://forum.qt.io/post/273157Thu, 07 May 2015 14:05:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Setting "hot keys" (or whatever they are called) for items in menus on Wed, 06 May 2015 20:49:19 GMT]]>It's like you said: put "&" in front of the character you want to act as an accelerator.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/273001https://forum.qt.io/post/273001Wed, 06 May 2015 20:49:19 GMT