Shortcut key

Question

How can I add a shortcut key to a menu item ? (i.e. when I pressed CTRL+N a new window appears) Thanks

Alexandru Lazar · Answer

I will assume you meant in a Windows Form Application that you develop. Otherwise ignore this. Select the ToolStripMenuItem control and go to the Properties window. Find a property called ShortcutKeys and select the key combination you want. Find a property called ShortcutKeyDisplayString to set a custom display string. Find a property called ShowShortcutKeys to specify if you want to display the string or not.

Tanmay Sarkar · Answer

You can use also this code for Shortcut key on form load section private void Form1_Load(object sender EventArgs e) { newToolStripMenuItem.ShortcutKeys = ((System.Windows.Forms.Keys)((System.Windows.Forms.Keys.Control | System.Windows.Forms.Keys.N))); } Here  newToolStripMenuItem is your menu strip item name. I also upload a sample for your better under standing. Previous ans is good i think. please mark it as ans if it help you.