Disable WPF label accelerator key (text underscore is missing)

I am setting the .Content value of a Label to a string that contains underscores; the first underscore is being interpreted as an accelerator key.

Without changing the underlying string (by replacing all _ with __), is there a way to disable the accelerator for Labels?

From stackoverflow Richard Morgan

• Is there a reason you want to use a Label as opposed to a TextBlock?

  GraemeF : Yes - `Label` does a lot more than handle the accelerators. Also applies to other controls (e.g. `GroupBox`) that can't be replaced by a `TextBlock`.
  From Daniel Jennings

• You could override the RecognizesAccessKey property of the ContentPresenter that is in the default template for the label. For example:

  <Page xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
    <Grid>
      <Grid.Resources>
        <Style x:Key="{x:Type Label}" TargetType="Label">
          <Setter Property="Template">
            <Setter.Value>
              <ControlTemplate TargetType="Label">
                <Border>
                  <ContentPresenter
                    HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}"
                    VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"
                    RecognizesAccessKey="False" />
                </Border>
              </ControlTemplate>
            </Setter.Value>
          </Setter>
        </Style>
      </Grid.Resources>
      <Label>_This is a test</Label>
    </Grid>
  </Page>
  

  xanadont : Just tried this, doesn't work, actually. Perhaps it does remove access-key binding, but it doesn't prevent the underscore from being removed.

  dpp : Just copied the code into Kaxaml and worked. Did you try as is or change it at all?

  Simpzon : Works on my machine, too.

  Anders Rune Jensen : Works for me, but changes the way a label looks :(
  From dpp

• Although Label is heavier, it does support nice alignment features which TextBlock does not. For instance, TextBlock does not have an analog to VerticalContentAlignment.

  From micahtan

• If you use a TextBlock as the Content of the Label, its Text will not absorb underscores.

  RQDQ : I just used this approach in my app and it worked like a champ.
  From yota