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MS Access Forum / General 1 / June 2006option group and keyboard input
When you enter an option group you can move to each option with the arrow keys and select with the space bar. Option groups don't have keydown events so has anyone come up with a way to allow keyboard entry for option groups? Just a simple way to select with 1-5 from the keypad or some such. thanks for any help or a link to what to read. Jerry You can hot-key the labels of the option buttons in the option group. Just add an ampersand before the hotkey letter, e.g.: [o] &Apple [o] &Banana [o] &Walnut [o] Wa&termelon  SignatureAllen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia. Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. > When you enter an option group you can move to each option with the > arrow keys and select with the space bar. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Just a simple way to select with 1-5 from the keypad or some such. >You can hot-key the labels of the option buttons in the option group. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > [o] &Walnut > [o] Wa&termelon thanks that does work on the ones with a caption or 1 and an option value of 1 what if you have something like a caption of "less" and an option value of 1 you could have &less and allow the "L" key for input but not a &1 for the option value. If you want to make it so that a 1 would put in less again thanks this is simple.. now I have 200 option groups I need to go fix :) humm a little code to change that should be simple sparks Actually, it does work. You can set up your option group like this: [o] &1. Apple [o] &2. Banana [o] &3. Walnut [o] &4. Watermelon and then choose Walnut with Alt+3. Of couse, we are assuming that you did set up the OptionValue of the option button to match the hotkey of the attached label. SignatureAllen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia. Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. >>You can hot-key the labels of the option buttons in the option group. >> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > humm a little code to change that should be simple No I inheritated this mess LOL they have something like 500 option groups in this database. I can fix all but one page with just a little code ....THANKS TO YOU the one page has less somewhat more as the three options and they want 1 2 3 for inputs. >Actually, it does work. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >Of couse, we are assuming that you did set up the OptionValue of the option >button to match the hotkey of the attached label. Think I'd be replacing the option group with a combo (or list box.) SignatureAllen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia. Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. > No I inheritated this mess LOL > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >>option >>button to match the hotkey of the attached label. Even better I told them the forms were NOT for data collection but just for data entry. I suggested a text box... BUT they don't match the forms.(whine) WTF does that have to do with it. But if we are looking for something its easier to find.. huh man you can't win...seems that the ones that do NO data colleciton or entry or anything else are in change of how its done. >Think I'd be replacing the option group with a combo (or list box.) > Even better I told them the forms were NOT for data collection but > just for data entry. I suggested a text box... [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > man you can't win...seems that the ones that do NO data colleciton > or entry or anything else are in change of how its done. That's most of the "fun" with design - dealing with people that know nothing about databases... Sometimes you just have to train them... They just want to do everything the way they always have, even if it isn't very good. (Do cattle prods work well in this case?) |
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