o=Createobject('Form1') o.Show(1) Define Class form1 As Form Add Object command1 As CommandButton With ; Top=84,Left=156,Height=27,Width=75, Caption="Command" Add Object command2 As CommandButton With ; Top=113,Left=156,Height=27,Width=75,Caption="\<Command" EndDefineRun the code in VFP9. You will see the button caption with hotkey is not centered. The width of "\<" seems to be taken into account in position calculation.