[wxPython-users] Ampersands and static text

[Robin Dunn]

Bob Klahn wrote:
> At 12:30 PM 4/24/2007, Dj Gilcrease wrote:
>> On 4/24/07, Bob Klahn <bobklahn at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>  What'a happening with the ampersand here?  When ampersands occur in 
>>> display
>>> text, I need them to display as ampersands.
>>>
>>>  What do I need to do to get ampersands to display properly?
>>
>> use && to get it to display properly.
>>
>> & is use to signify a hotkey
> 
> Yikes!  I do know that.  I shouldn't have used a button in the sample 
> code I posted.  My actual example uses a StaticText control rather than 
> a button; I didn't expect to have the ampersand problem there.  Why does 
> the problem occur with static text?

Windows supports mnemonics on static texts, and they cause the next 
control to be activated, which usually means that the item gets the focus.


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