Comments on: Custom Keyboard Shortcuts in OS X

By: Happy shortcut user

Happy shortcut user — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:03:41 +0000

I think one of the most neglected shortcut methods (at least in Leopard) is to turn on full keyboard access and start typing. (System Preferences > Keyboard and Mouse > Keyboard Shortcuts > check Keyboard navigation)

I’ve assigned option-space to “Move focus to the menu bar” (exactly what it does in Windows with alt-space).

Then you start typing the first few letters of the menu item you want to go to, then hit Enter once you get where you want to go. It’s actually more intuitive than the Windows “Alt+random underlined letter” method that I had gotten so used to in Windows (and had sorely missed until I found this).

For example, in Safari, if I want to look up history from last Thursday, I would go to the menu bar (option-space), type “Hi” (first few letters of History), Return, then “Thu” to get to Thursday, then Return.

For me, it is a lot less trouble than remembering (or assigning) 2-3 letter shortcuts with command and option.

Sometimes those shortcuts are useful, though. If you have trouble remembering them, try KeyCue – it will show you all keyboard shortcuts in any active program.

By: czech27

czech27 — Sun, 10 May 2009 23:05:52 +0000

d3 on February 10th, 2009 2:14 pm

Could anyone tell me the name of the shortcut (if possible) to change the itunes window to mini player/shrink the window, like when you click the green button.

on my computer, (it’s leopard), the control to minimize and maximize the window is
control+command+Z

By: aggieMD

aggieMD — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:44:30 +0000

d3: “… hange the itunes window to mini player/shrink the window …”

Ctrl-Cmd-Z

By: d3

d3 — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:14:20 +0000

Could anyone tell me the name of the shortcut (if possible) to change the itunes window to mini player/shrink the window, like when you click the green button.

By: dj

dj — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:43:30 +0000

hey guys, just got an external keyboard for the old MBP, and was wondering if any of you could tell me how to set up a couple of my F-keys to switch to next/previous spaces. it has preset commands, but with this plethora of function keys, i hate having them go to waste.

By: John

John — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:31:08 +0000

Does anyone know if there’s a way to specify exactly which command you want to map if there are multiple nested menus which have that same name? For example, in Excel, there are at least three different menus which have “Hide” as a command. When you add a keyboard shortcut for “Hide” in System Preferences, it maps to all three, but executes only the one in the Window menu which hides the currently open document. I want it to hide just the currently selected row(s). I wouldn’t mind making one to hide the currently selected columns too, but I don’t know if it’s even possible. Anyone know? Or, do you think it’d be better to write an AppleScript script and make a shortcut for that?

Thanks.

By: aggieMD

aggieMD — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:29:58 +0000

Is there anyway to back these things up (right now all I can think of is a screen capture) because I am in need of a reinstall and don’t really want to do it by hand…

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By: QA

QA — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:36:26 +0000

Anyone know how to use this to maximize windows that have been minimized to the dock?

Also, ProTools doesn’t respond to the Hide command (Cmd+H), and the method described above doesn’t fix this either because ProTools won’t allow it to be manually assigned. Any suggestions? (I know, “switch to Logic”, right?)

By: alazio

alazio — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:41:30 +0000

genius. works like a charm.

thanks so much!

By: Phil Crosby

Phil Crosby — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:34:18 +0000

The dialog is frustratingly broken. It doesn’t accept ctrl+tab or option+tab.

By: Van Lam

Van Lam — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:36:40 +0000

Ketone:

Be sure type in the menu command exactly as it appears. In your case, add the ellipsis after the “Add”

Add…

And not:

Add

By: Ketone Burner

Ketone Burner — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:02:56 +0000

I tried to map the Link>Add in Mail.app 3.0 in Leopard to Cmd-Ctrl-Shft-/ to no avail. Is there a away to map a menu command when it is nested on level deep like Link>Add under the Edit menu in Mail.app 3.0 in Leopard?

By: Superdotman

Superdotman — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:13:03 +0000

Does this post indicate that Leopard fixes the zoom button in the Finder and Safari?
*crosses fingers*

By: Ed Eubanks

Ed Eubanks — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:05:06 +0000

I’ve set up a command to un-minimize Mail and iCal from the doc. I usually leave these apps open all the time, but don’t always want them showing, of course. Since Command-M minimizes both, then I’ve set Shift-Command-M to “un-minimize”. (It’s a little trickier in Mail, by the way– you have to use the Message Viewer menu command).

I’ve been re-thinking this, actually, and wondering if I should set one of my Spaces to a “productivity” or PIM space, housing Mail, iCal, Address Book, and a GTD app. The windows could of course stay open all the time, and I would use the (ready-built) menu commands to open it.