{"id":46805,"date":"2023-08-08T10:07:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T17:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/dotnet\/?p=46805"},"modified":"2023-08-09T09:19:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T16:19:27","slug":"announcing-dotnet-maui-in-dotnet-8-preview-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/dotnet\/announcing-dotnet-maui-in-dotnet-8-preview-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing .NET MAUI in .NET 8 Preview 7: Keyboard Accelerators"},"content":{"rendered":"

.NET MAUI is now available in .NET 8 Preview 7<\/a> introducing keyboard accelerators, and more fixes and improvements. This is the final preview release of .NET 8 before we ship release candidates and the generally available (GA) release. We will celebrate that release as usual at .NET Conf<\/a>, and the dates have been announced. Join us November 14-16, 2023 to celebrate the .NET 8 release!<\/p>\n

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Version 7.0.92<\/a> is the latest service release for .NET 7. During this time we are heavily focused on .NET 8 to make it the best release. Starting next release with RC1 you will be covered with a go live support license. We encourage everyone to consider using .NET 8 releases from this point forward.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Today’s release is brought to you by 25 contributors (bots included). We want to celebrate them all, especially first time contributors Lehonti Ramos<\/a>, webwarrior-ws<\/a>, molesmoke<\/a>, and Aaron Galuzzi<\/a>. Well done! We appreciate everyone’s contributions. See our contribution guide<\/a> if you are interested in helping out.<\/p>\n

Desktop Keyboard Accelerators<\/h2>\n

Keyboard accelerators enable you to assign keyboard shortcuts to any menu item, whether visible or not, and attach them to any UI element. For example, this page has a window level menu to which you can add an accelerator with the MenuItem.Accelerator<\/code> attached property:<\/p>\n

<ContentPage.MenuBarItems>\r\n    <MenuBarItem Text=\"File\">\r\n        <MenuFlyoutItem Text=\"Preferences\"\r\n            Command=\"{Binding PreferencesCommand}\"\r\n        \/>\r\n    <\/MenuBarItem>\r\n    <MenuBarItem Text=\"Products\">\r\n        <MenuFlyoutItem \r\n            x:Name=\"AddProductMenu\"\r\n            MenuItem.Accelerator=\"ctrl+a\"\r\n            Text=\"Add Product\"\r\n            Command=\"{Binding AddProductCommand}\"\r\n        \/>\r\n        <MenuBarItem Text=\"Add Product Category\"\/>\r\n    <\/MenuBarItem>\r\n<\/ContentPage.MenuBarItems><\/code><\/pre>\n
If instead of the attached property you want to express the accelerator in C#, then you can you can write:<\/p>\n
MenuItem.SetAccelerator(AddProductMenu, Accelerator.FromString(\"ctrl+a\"));<\/code><\/pre>\n
Now when those keys are triggered, the AddProductCommand<\/code> fires just as if a user had tapped or clicked the menu item. See the Accelerator.FromString<\/a> method for a list of supported modifiers.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/dotnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/accelerator.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n
What’s fixed and improved in .NET MAUI<\/h2>\n
The main focus of the release is on bug fixes and quality improvements. For a complete set of changes, review the 8.0.0-preview.7.8842 release notes<\/a>. Here are the highlights:<\/p>\n
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    Memory Leak Resolutions<\/strong>: <\/p>\n