Input Gesture Text in UWP Menu (SfMenu)

18 Feb 20251 minute to read

InputGestureText is used to set SfMenuItem to display shortcut keys along with its Header. This support can be utilized by using the InputGestureText property. The value given by using this property will be displayed along with the Header of SfMenuItem.

Adding the InputGestureText to SfMenuItem

The value assigned by InputGestureText property will be displayed in SfMenuItem along with the Header property value of SfMenuItem. The InputGestureText can be added to SfMenuItem as shown in the following code snippet.

XAML

<menu:SfMenu  x:Name="Sfmenu"  >

<menu:SfMenuItem Header="File"   >

<menu:SfMenuItem  Header="New"  InputGestureText="Ctrl + N"/>

<menu:SfMenuItem  Header="Open" InputGestureText="Ctrl + O"/>

<menu:SfMenuItem Header="Close"   InputGestureText="Alt + F4"/>

</menu:SfMenuItem>

<menu:SfMenuItem Header="Edit">

<menu:SfMenuItem Header="Undo" InputGestureText="Ctrl + Z"/>

<menu:SfMenuItem Header="Redo" InputGestureText="Ctrl + Y"/>

<menu:SfMenuItem Header="Cut" InputGestureText="Ctrl + X"/>

<menu:SfMenuItem Header="Copy" InputGestureText="Ctrl + C"/>

</menu:SfMenuItem>

<menu:SfMenuItem Header="View">

<menu:SfMenuItem Header="Find Results" />

<menu:SfMenuItem Header="Other Windows" />

</menu:SfMenuItem>

</menu:SfMenu>