No Mouse Ulitization in OS X

[dkhuynh]

In MS Windows... when you pressed the ALT key, you were able to browse around the FILE menu at the top of the window, and navigate freely without a mouse. I can't seem to find out the same function in Mac OS X.

How do I navigate to the top menu of any window/browser without the mouse? I want to be able to "highlight" File and move accordingly with my keypad rather than click on File, Edit, or View.. etc. with my trackpad/mouse.

Let me know, thanks in advance

 

[drichards]

You might want to have a look over of Apple's keyboard shortcut page.

 

[dkhuynh]

You might want to have a look over of Apple's keyboard shortcut page.

thanks drichards, but i just browsed through the link, and i still can't find anything similar to the basic "alt" of MS Windows. Let me know, thanks.

 

[spinnerlys]

Control + Fn + F2 if you use the Function keys for brightness and all the stuff Apple put on it.

It's also called "Move Focus to the Menu bar" in the keyboard shortcuts section of the System Preferences panel, so it can be modified.

 

[dkhuynh]

oh... my preference says:

^F2....

uhh... do i press SHIFT+6+F2? I can't figure out it out.

i can't figure out what the "^" key is...

 

[ergdegdeg]

Like the above poster said: Control + fn + f2

 

[dkhuynh]

haha thank you
i kept hitting the wrong key.