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Can you give an example of what you're looking for?

On my Win11 computer in notepad.exe:

- press Ctrl+H brings up a replace dialog - if I tap the ALT-key, tooltips pop up near the relevant buttons (D for search down, U for search up, R for replace, A for replace all)

- press CTRL-F brings up the find dialog - if I tap the ALT-key, tooltips pop up near the relevant buttons (D for search down, U for search up)

pressing the relevant key invokes the associated function, e.g. press D searches for the entered text in the window below the current cursor.



EDIT: Thank you for pointing that out.

In Windows 10 the "Replace" dialog has underlined accelerator shortcuts for

- _F_ind Next - _R_eplace - Replace _A_ll

which are obvious and visible in the dialog.

Having to tap alt is lousy UI, and frankly results in an ugly and cluttered appearance --- the underlines were able to communicate the functionality well, and far less obnoxious.

EDIT: Hopefully Windows 11 will develop a way to visually communicate this sort of functionality, as opposed to expecting folks to read a (non-existent) manual or randomly tapping keys.




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