Disable WPF label accelerator key (text underscore is missing)

Question

I am setting the .Content value of a Label to a string that contains underscores; the first underscore is being interpreted as an accelerator key.

Without changing the underlying string (by replacing all _ with __), is there a way to disable the accelerator for Labels?

Answer 1

Is there a reason you want to use a Label as opposed to a TextBlock?

Answer 2

You could override the RecognizesAccessKey property of the ContentPresenter that is in the default template for the label. For example:

<Page xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"&gt;
  <Grid>
    <Grid.Resources>
      <Style x:Key="{x:Type Label}" TargetType="Label">
        <Setter Property="Template">
          <Setter.Value>
            <ControlTemplate TargetType="Label">
              <Border>
                <ContentPresenter
                  HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}"
                  VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"
                  RecognizesAccessKey="False" />
              </Border>
            </ControlTemplate>
          </Setter.Value>
        </Setter>
      </Style>
    </Grid.Resources>
    <Label>_This is a test</Label>
  </Grid>
</Page>

Answer 3

Although Label is heavier, it does support nice alignment features which TextBlock does not. For instance, TextBlock does not have an analog to VerticalContentAlignment.

Answer 4

If you use a TextBlock as the Content of the Label, its Text will not absorb underscores.