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252 Day 7
The standard shortcut for Select All is Ctrl+A, so let’s add that as a shortcut for our Select All
menu item:
1. Choose Edit | Select All from your menu in the Menu Designer.
2. Click on the ShortCut property in the Object Inspector.
3. Choose Ctrl+A from the list of available shortcuts. Now the Select All menu item
shows Ctrl+A next to it.
That’s all you have to do; C++Builder takes care of it from there. The shortcuts function
without you having to write any code.
Odds and Ends
Let’s tie up a few loose ends to finish off our menu. First, we’ll turn on the Word Wrap menu
item by default. This menu item is going to be used to turn word wrapping on or off. When
word wrapping is on, the Word Wrap menu item will have a check mark next to it. When
word wrapping is off, it will not have a check mark next to it. Click on the Word Wrap menu
item and then change the Checked property to True. A check mark shows up to indicate that
the word wrap feature is on.
Another thing we need to do is change the Name property on all the menu items we inserted
from a template. They were given default names, and we want to change them to more
meaningful names. Select the Edit | Undo menu item. Change the Name property from Undo1
to EditUndo. Notice that you append the pop-up menu name, Edit, to the front of the menu
item name and remove the 1 at the end. You can use any naming convention you like, but
be consistent. Repeat the process for the Cut, Copy, Paste, Find, and Replace menu items.
Now move to the Help menu and modify the Name property of the Contents item to
HelpContents, and that of the About menu item to HelpAbout.
NOTE
That about wraps up our menu. Run through the menu to check it over once more. If you
find any errors, make the necessary changes. When you are satisfied that the menu is correct,
click the close box to close the Menu Designer.
You can access the Code Editor directly from the Menu Designer by
double-clicking on any menu item. When you double-click a menu
item, the Code Editor will display the OnClick event for that item, and
you can start typing code. In this case, we are going to go back to the
main form and do our code editing there.