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Mnemonics

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A mnemonic is an alphanumeric character, which indicates the key to press to activate a command or navigate to a component.

There are regular and numeric mnemonics.

  • Regular mnemonics are used inside the text. The mnemonic is underlined in this case to be distinguishable.

    In a control:

    Inside

    In a menu:

    Menu

    Activate the control by pressing the mnemonic with:

    • Alt modifier key on Windows/Linux

    • Ctrl+Alt modifier keys on macOS.

  • Numeric mnemonics are used as the first numeric character of an action in a popup:

    First
    Invoke the action by pressing the corresponding number key.