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LabelControl.Text: Does Not Display '&' If String Contains This Character

created 17 years ago

Hello, Support:
I've encountered a bug similar to one I reported before in layout captions (which you fixed). If I set a LabelControl's Text property to a string that contains '&' (ampersand), the ampersand does not display…only a space.
Steps to Reproduce:
Set the Text property of an instance of LabelControl to, say, "C & H Pure Cane Sugar", and you will see that the ampersand does not display.
Actual Results:
"C & H Pure Cane Sugar" displays as "C H Pure Cane Sugar".
Expected Results:
Should display as "C & H Pure Can Sugar".

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Answers approved by DevExpress Support

created 17 years ago (modified 8 years ago)

Hello Eric,

Our LabelControl works in the same way as a standard WIndows.Forms.Label control (please see the attached sample).  A character followed by the & sign within a caption is used as a mnemonic char. If you need to show the ampersand symbol, you use the "&&" string or disable the LabelControl.UseMnemonic option.
Please try this solution and inform us of your results.

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    MC MC
    Mar c 8 years ago

      If you dont need the functionality you can also just turn UseMnemonic to False

      Visual Basic
      label.UseMnemonic = False
      DevExpress Support Team 8 years ago

        Yes, that's correct. Thank you for posting this solution here!
        I've updated our answer accordingly.

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