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Multi Choice Allows for a Duplicate Shortcut Key #346
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The multi choice parameter allows you to use the same letter as a shortcut key for more than one choice.
<choice label="&Private"
help="Adds a Private folder to the module root."
value="Private" />
<choice label="&Public"
help="Adds a Public folder to the module root."
value="Public" /> In the above example, if the letter "P" is used as a shortcut it will create both the Private and Public folder. My current work around is to use different letters.
<choice label="P&rivate"
help="Adds a Private folder to the module root."
value="Private" />
<choice label="P&ublic"
help="Adds a Public folder to the module root."
value="Public" /> It seems buggy that Invoke-Plaster, and perhaps Test-PlasterManifest, would allow for this behavior. The expected behavior would be an indication to the user that there's a conflict, and that a different value should be used for one of the choice labels.
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janegilring commentedon Mar 7, 2019
+1 I just ran into the same where I had to choices starting with the same letter
tomlarse commentedon Mar 13, 2019
I tried looking at the code, and it doesn't seem that this is something that Plaster does automatically, it is a function of the
[System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription]Labelproperty. It is based on where you place the&.https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.management.automation.host.choicedescription.label?view=powershellsdk-1.1.0#System_Management_Automation_Host_ChoiceDescription_Label
The workaround is the solution in this case I think.