Underlined Keyboard Shortcuts on Windows 10
Make Windows 10 Highlight Menu Shortcuts
Open Settings and select Ease of Access from the main menu.
Select Keyboard in the left panel and scroll down in the right pane and turn on Enable shortcut underline under the Other Settings section.
After it’s turned on, you will see the shortcut keys are underlined in native utility and program menus throughout Windows 10.
Note that other menu items in the modern UI in the Windows 10 menu system are highlighted when this setting is enabled. For example, in the shot below, I opened the Battery menu from the taskbar, and you can see that the power level slider is highlighted.
When the setting is turned off, the highlight box no longer appears.
You can also still access this from the classic Control Panel while it lasts. Microsoft is moving everything from Control Panel into the Settings app. Hit the Windows key and type: control panel and hit Enter and select Ease of Access Center.
Scroll down the list and click the “Make the keyboard easier to use” link.
Then scroll down all the way down and check “Underline Keyboard Shortcuts and Access Keys,” and click OK at the bottom of the window to save the changes.
This may seem like a subtle setting considering everything new in Windows 10 these days, but for some, it’s a necessity. And sometimes, it’s the little things that make all the difference to your workflow when trying to get things done. Do you like to have this setting enabled when working in Windows or prefer it to be off? Please let us know or join us in the Windows 10 Forums for more discussion and troubleshooting advice in the comment section below. It seems MS has been on a mission since Day 1 to make using their software a tortuous experience. Which is why my(still working) Lenovo Thinkpad is the only non-Apple device I still own. When it finally dies, I’ll finally have a good reason to spring for (and have to learn how to use) a Mac… Comment
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