4

I have a few custom context menu items in Windows Explorer added through Registry keys.

Is it possibble to assign a keyboard shortcut to these menu items?

I have a new programmable keyboard from X-Keys in which I want to assign a key to run my context menu item when clicked however the only way to do it so far is to make a mouse click occur at an absolute or relative pixel count from where a click event occurs. This will not work though as the context menu position is different depending where the file is located on the screen.

So if there is a way to assign a keyboard shortcut to menu items then it would be perfect!

Improve this question

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
5

Add an ampersand & in the title before the character you'd like as the shortcut key. Then you can press the letter as a shortcut key.

For example, Pla&y should show up with the y underlined, and pressing y would activate the command.

Improve this answer
4
  • My windows explorer context menus don't currently have any letters assigned see image here please: i.imgur.com/Swc49LG.png - Also this line dd an ampersand & in the title before the character you'd like as the shortcut key Where did you mean that this should be added at? In the Registry? Thanks
    – JasonDavis
    Commented Aug 31, 2016 at 16:22
  • Yes, include this change in the Registry entry. It should be in the text string displayed in the context menu. "Play &with Cherry Player" should underline the w.
    – Steven
    Commented Aug 31, 2016 at 16:24
  • So far I'm not having much luck. Open Web Browser on &Dev Server G is the string in registry I edited adding the & before the D which resulted in my context menu looking like this: i.imgur.com/LW8gvA3.png
    – JasonDavis
    Commented Aug 31, 2016 at 17:28
  • Another update. As the image above shows there is no underline however pressing keys shift + d does in fact select the menu item! So that does seem to work! Just note of the shift instead of alt keys
    – JasonDavis
    Commented Aug 31, 2016 at 17:31

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .