How to set hotkey shortcut "Ctrl + Plus Sign"

Question

I need to set shortcut Ctrl + "Plus Sign" for one of the MenuStrip menu item.

I prefer to set it NOT programmatically to have an help text block in the right side of menu item:

But I do not see there such variant to choose. Closest is "OemPlus"

I cant remember the name of it, but I'm sure you can find it.. there's a property on the menu item that allows you to override the hotkey text with whatever text you like. — Sam Axe, Mar 09 '17 at 21:03

Thomas Weller · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-09T21:22:29.237

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Oemplus is the right setting. If you don't like the text, change ShortcutKeyDisplayString as well, e.g. to Ctrl++

Note that it is called OemPlus and not NumPlus, so does not work for the Numpad plus. Some people don't seem to know where the plus sign is and will try the Numpad plus.

If you need both, you need KeyPreview = true and code:

protected override bool ProcessCmdKey(ref Message msg, Keys keyData)
{
    if (keyData == (Keys.Control | Keys.Add))
    {
        MessageBox.Show("Ctrl+Numplus");
        return true;
    }
    if (keyData == (Keys.Control | Keys.Oemplus))
    {
        MessageBox.Show("Ctrl+Oemplus");
        return true;
    }
    return base.ProcessCmdKey(ref msg, keyData);
}

edited Mar 09 '17 at 21:22

answered Mar 09 '17 at 21:07

Thomas Weller

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but + and - on the numpad works perfectly and no matter there is numlock enabled or disabled. Another one plus is located on the same button as "=". And must not work ofc. So by logic numpad plus and minus is must to work. But they doesn't. – Andrew_STOP_RU_WAR_IN_UA Mar 09 '17 at 21:13
understood my problem. Thanks. Is it possible to make work both of shortcuts? I mean NUM shortcut + OEM shortcut both. – Andrew_STOP_RU_WAR_IN_UA Mar 09 '17 at 21:16
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@Andrew: I updated the question. You need code then. – Thomas Weller Mar 09 '17 at 21:22

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 09 '17 at 21:10

The answer can be found in MSDN https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms171651(v=vs.110).aspx

To display custom shortcut keys for a menu command

Set the menu command's ShortcutKeyDisplayString property to the desired keyboard combination, such as CTRL+SHIFT+S and set the ShowShortcutKeys property to true.

How to set hotkey shortcut "Ctrl + Plus Sign"

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