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8.7 Accelerators in menus

To define an accelerator key for a menu command, supply the initarg accelerator to the menu-item. See menu-item for the details.

8.7.1 Standard default accelerators

On Microsoft Windows and GTK+, by default a standard accelerator is added to a menu item if its title matches a standard menu command. The standard accelerators are:

Edit > Copy
Ctrl+C
Edit > Cut
Ctrl+X
Edit > Find...
Ctrl+F
Edit > Paste
Ctrl+V
Edit > Redo
Ctrl+Y
Edit > Replace...
Ctrl+H
Edit > Select All
Ctrl+A
Edit > Undo
Ctrl+Z
File > Close
Ctrl+W
File > Exit
Ctrl+Q
File > New
Ctrl+N
File > Open...
Ctrl+O
File > Print...
Ctrl+P
File > Save
Ctrl+S
Works > Refresh
F5

CAPI User Guide and Reference Manual (Windows version) - 01 Dec 2021 19:33:51