What you are describing is called a mnemonic: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb158536.aspx
There are no current plans to implement such a feature. However, it should be easy enough to wire up a key event listener that will open the menu bar - the user could use the arrow or tab keys to navigate the menu system from there. On Nov 5, 2010, at 4:10 PM, ocean ocean wrote: > Not sure what you mean. I can create global keyboard shortcuts as described > in the MenuBars tutorial. I mean ability to press 'Alt' and have that > underline top-level menus, then press 'F' to pop open the File menu. So users > can navigate the menu structure without reaching for the mouse. Just curious > if this is something planned or not. > > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Greg Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > Windows-style mnemonics are not supported, but Mac-style keyboard shortcuts > are. See the Menu Bars tutorial for more info. > > On Nov 5, 2010, at 3:50 PM, ocean ocean wrote: > >> I understand according to ( >> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/pivot-user/201010.mbox/%[email protected]%3e >> ) menu accelerators aren't built in yet. Keyboard navigability is pretty >> important for my apps so I was just curious if this was in the plans... > >
