Keyboard shortcut for Menu items with duplicate names

[theramajor]

How would you assign a shortcut to a specific menu item shortcut. For example there are 2 or 3 menu items with the same name, let's call it 'increase.'

I dug up a forum where someone mentioned _"If you describe the full 'menu path' using '->' as a delimiter between items (no spaces), then OS X will follow that path and select the correct menu item."_

Keyboard shortcuts for conflicting menu items - Mac OS X Hints

Using -> as a delimiter doesn't work in Keyboard Shortcuts. How do you tell the OS which menu item you want to select with a shortcut?

 

[BigBlur]

Which OS version are you using? Supposedly you use '>' instead for versions older than 10.8 or 10.7.

Are you entering the keyboard shortcut in the correct area?

Create keyboard shortcuts for apps on Mac

On your Mac, assign your own shortcuts to menu commands in any app or in the Finder.

support.apple.com

It should look something like this:

 

[theramajor]

Which OS version are you using? Supposedly you use '>' instead for versions older than 10.8 or 10.7.

Are you entering the keyboard shortcut in the correct area?

Create keyboard shortcuts for apps on Mac

On your Mac, assign your own shortcuts to menu commands in any app or in the Finder.

support.apple.com

It should look something like this:
View attachment 2028387

I’m on 11.6.7. I solved the problem by installing an app called CustomShortcuts.

What was weird was that I tried using -> in Keyboard. Using the app it made a single character version of ‘->’. It wouldn’t appear in my clipboard or a text editor but it was visible in the app.