[wxperl-users] Menus, NewId and control keys

[Mike S. <MikeSchroeder@DonorWare.com>]

If I create a menu item in wxGlade, specifying -1 as the id, it 
generates something like this:

    $self->{Help}->Append(Wx::NewId(), "&About", "");

replacing the -1 with Wx::NewId();

I can then specify an event handler like:

    EVT_MENU( $self, $self->{Help}->FindItem('About'), \&OnAbout);

And avoid having to deal with any hardcoded id codes.  Works fine.

However, if I want to start specifying control keys:

    $self->{Help}->Append(Wx::NewId(), "&About\tCtrl-A", "");

it displays fine, but Ctl-A does not work.  The examples in minimal.pl 
use application provided ids rather that using Wx::NewId().

If I want to keep using wxGlade, it would seem I either need to not 
specify control keys, or stop using a -1 id and hardcode my ids in.

Am I missing something?  Is there a better way?  Thanks in advance...

Mike Schroeder
DonorWare LLC