Keyboard shortcuts

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  brian.merz wrote:

  By accident I discovered the keyboard shortcuts placed in the various dialog boxes. Specifically, I was looking through the generated synchronization file and pressed E which launched Management Studio.
  
  One thing I've noticed is that if I press ALT and then the underscored letter for the shortcut I want, I have to press the letter twice to activate the shortcut. ALT + <letter> activates the shortcut immediately.
  
  Is it possible to adjust ALT and then letter to activate on the first letter press to be consistent with other Windows programs?
  
  Thanks!
  --Brian

  
  Hi Brian,
  
  we were struggling to reproduce the problem you are reporting. I'm wondering if you could give more details (operating system, 64/32 bit, .Net framework, etc). We looked at various platforms, and for us the shortcut keys behave the same way as shortcut keys in other Windows application.
  
  Regards,
  Andras

  Andras B February 18, 2009 10:28

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  I am running under 32 bit XP Pro with Service Pack 3. I have both .NET 1.1.4322 and 2.0.50727 installed.
  
  I can reliably reproduce this with the following:
  
  Open the Synchronization Wizard using the Management Studio 2005 radio selection Application Options.
  
  Click Next.
  
  Press and release ALT. The shortcut line should appear under B on the Back button.
  
  Without any further use of ALT, now press B. At this point nothing happens for me. If I press B again then the wizard moves back one step.
  
  Hope this helps!
  Let me know if I can provide further assistance,
  --Brian

  brian.merz February 19, 2009 11:55

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  brian.merz wrote:

  I am running under 32 bit XP Pro with Service Pack 3. I have both .NET 1.1.4322 and 2.0.50727 installed.
  
  I can reliably reproduce this with the following:
  
  Open the Synchronization Wizard using the Management Studio 2005 radio selection Application Options.
  
  Click Next.
  
  Press and release ALT. The shortcut line should appear under B on the Back button.
  
  Without any further use of ALT, now press B. At this point nothing happens for me. If I press B again then the wizard moves back one step.
  
  Hope this helps!
  Let me know if I can provide further assistance,
  --Brian

  
  Hi Brian,
  many thanks for getting back to us. We have managed to reproduce this interesting behaviour. However, I believe the problem is not in the way we create our UI components, but this is the standard behaviour of .Net applications (or a bug in .Net 2).
  
  Regards,
  Andras

  Andras B February 20, 2009 07:53

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  Your assumption is very likely correct. I was successful in my attempts to reproduce similar behavior in Notepad.
  
  Here is my Notepad test:
  
  Open Notepad.
  Type something.
  File->Exit.
  Press and release ALT when asked to save the file.
  Press Y. Nothing happens.
  Press Y again. The Save As dialog comes up.
  
  If ALT is not pressed initially then Y immediately brings up the Save As dialog, similar to pressing B or N in the Synchronization Wizard triggering the Back and Next buttons now.
  
  Best wishes,
  --Brian

  brian.merz February 20, 2009 16:09

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