"Jakob Christensen" wrote:

> Ben,
>
> I tried creating a toolbar with a context menu for the main form of an MDI
> application and your are right - shortcuts do not work. I found a simple
> workaround though. It's not very elegant but it works. If you create a
> hidden main menu for the form which has the same event handlers and the same
> shortcuts as the context menu, then it works fine.
>
> HTH, Jakob.
>
>
> "blabore" wrote:
>
> > Jakob,
> >
> > Thanks for the response. I created the context menu through the form
> > designer, and also assigned the keyboard shortcuts at that time. My guess is
> > that this has something to do with using an MDI app, and the Main form isn't
> > "seeing" when the shortcut is pressed. Any ideas? I'm going to try and create
> > a sample app to see if I can reproduce the exact problem. Thanks again, Ben
> >
> > "Jakob Christensen" wrote:
> >
> > > Shortcut-keys normally work for context menus as well. How are you creating
> > > the context menu?
> > >
> > > Regards, Jakob.
> > >
> > >
> > > "blabore" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have a MDI windows forms application that uses a toolbar on the parent
> > > > form. I've also setup a context menu on this form to be used as the dropdown
> > > > menu for one of the toolbar buttons. However, the shortcut keys for the
> > > > context menu do not seem to work for the menus, only clicking on them. Is it
> > > > possible to use shortcuts this way, or will shortcuts only work with a