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const xtd::ustring & xtd::forms::menu_item::text ( ) const

noexcept

Gets a value indicating the caption of the menu item.

Returns

The text caption of the menu item.

Remarks

When you specify a caption for your menu item with the text parameter, you can also specify an access key by placing an '&' before the character to be used as the access key. For example, to specify the "F" in "File" as an access key, you would specify the caption for the menu item as "&File". You can use this feature to provide keyboard navigation for your menus.

Setting the text parameter to "-" causes your menu item to be displayed as a separator (a horizontal line) rather than a standard menu item.