Show Menu Keyboard shortcut!?

[helio1982]

Hey,

I've switched to mac very recently and have the following "beginner" question. I was not able to find an answer in any of the guides.

In OS X the Menu Bar is always on the top left. Now, I don't know all the shortcuts yet, so I have to click with my mouse on e.g. "history" (in safari) to find out that "shift" "cmd" "H" brings me back to home.

Now, I don't want to click with my mouse on "history" in order to view the menu. Just as in Windows I want to be able to open the "history" menu with a short cut. In Windows if I pressed "alt" it would underline the letter I would have to press in order to open a certain menu (e.g. "alt" + "f" for file menu).

Please provide me with your wisdom ;-) I'm a real beginner and this would speed up my learning process.

Thx!

 

[BlueRevolution]

You can't as far as I know. However, you can assign custom shortcut for any or all applications under the Keyboard & Mouse preference pane and the Keyboard Shortcuts tab.

Don't worry, you'll pick up the shortcuts pretty quick.

 

[vandozza]

this post expands on the above suggestion -
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1542890&tstart=119

There is no keyboard shortcut for viewing the History in Safari. However, you can create one (as you can for any menu command in any app). Go to System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard Shortcuts tab, and click the plus sign at the bottom, select Safari from the Application pop-up, enter the command "Show All History", and pick a key combination for the shortcut.

 

[BlueRevolution]

If you use the bookmarks toolbar, the leftmost (non-removable) button opens the bookmark/history browser as well.

 

[xgman]

There is an app that shows this for any open app. Now what was that app called . . . . . . ?

 

[jive turkey]

There is an app that shows this for any open app. Now what was that app called . . . . . . ?

That app is called KeyCue. I used it for a while and it was fantastic at helping me learn shortcuts, but eventually I had to uninstall it because it kept crashing Firefox any time I'd hit the command key. It was still probably worth the $20 as an educational investment.

 

[TheVendor]

alt + F2 (or on a laptop, fn + alt + F2)