Ampersand (&) symbol in caption names, group names etc.

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Posted on by kayc529

Hi community! I am still very new to AL and Business Central. When I was studying the codes from the base application, I came across a lot of caption and group names with the ampersand (&) symbol:

What does that even mean?????? What would happen if & is not included?

Thank you!

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Khushbu Rajvi. 2,325 on at

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Ampersand (&) symbol in caption names, group names etc.

Hi, https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/developer/properties/devenv-shortcutkey-property

https://yzhums.com/46366/

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/developer/devenv-keyboard-shortcuts

Sorry for the inconvenience; I was writing code in another language, which is why.
By the way, regarding your question, I don’t think there is any specific meaning for the & in AL code. However, in the system, they generally use & in different places. I have never use & in code.
For shortcuts, you can use the ShortcutKey property in Business Central."
kayc529 31 on at

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Ampersand (&) symbol in caption names, group names etc.

Thanks Khushbu for the reply.

I tried the keyboard shortcuts/assess keys just now in the Customer List page.

In the codes, they didn't put the '&' symbol in the action DimensionSingle but I was still able to see a shortcut key for that action:

And what's the difference between adding '&' to the caption and having the ShortCutKey property?

One more thing I don't understand is the position of the '&' symbol in the string. Does its position have a meaning?

e.g. &Customer and C&ontact and Co&mment

This is very confusing. Is there a documentation where I can learn more about this?

Thanks!
Khushbu Rajvi. 2,325 on at

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