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?

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

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}" BasedOn="{StaticResource {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>

Use a <TextBlock> ... </TextBlock> instead of <Label> ... </Label> to print the exact text, which is having underscores.

Why not like this?

public partial class LabelEx : Label
    {
        public bool PreventAccessKey { get; set; } = true;

        public LabelEx()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        public new object Content
        {
            get
            {
                var content = base.Content;
                if (content == null || !(content is string))
                    return content;

                return PreventAccessKey ?
                    (content as string).Replace("__", "_") : content;
            }
            set
            {
                if (value == null || !(value is string))
                {
                    base.Content = value;
                    return;
                }

                base.Content = PreventAccessKey ?
                    (value as string).Replace("_", "__") : value;
            }
        }
    }