XL: How To Add Shortcut Key to Menu Item Using Chr Function

• Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0

SUMMARY

If you want to specify a keystroke combination for a custom menu item that starts a macro, you can use the Chr function to right-align the text for the keystroke combination.

MORE INFORMATION

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Visual Basic Procedure

The following procedure will add a custom menu item with a keystroke combination that is right-aligned:

   Sub AddCommandMenu()
      Application.MenuBars(xlWorksheet).Menus("&Edit").MenuItems.Add _
   Caption:="Command1" & Chr(8) & "Ctrl+K", OnAction:="MenuShortCutKey"
   Application.Onkey "^k", "MenuShortCutKey"
   End Sub

   Sub MenuShortcutKey()
       MsgBox "There is now a shortcutkey"
   End Sub

REFERENCES

"Visual Basic User's Guide," version 5.0, Chapter 12, "Managing Menus with Visual Basic"

For more information about menus, search on the phrase "custom menus," using the Microsoft Excel Help Index.