Tip Details Add a Related Tip

Rate as: Positive Negative

Keyboard menu shortcuts for the Mac

On the Mac running OS X, there's a shortcut that allows you to get to the menu commands using just the keyboard. Hold down the "Control" key and press "F2" (if you are on a laptop, you need to press the "fn" key when you press "F2" for this to work). Let go of both keys and press "Enter". When you press Enter, the menu with the Apple icon (the one on the far left) will be highlighted. You can then the use left and right arrow keys to move between the menu options and the up and down arrow keys to move within the options for a given menu. Once you find the menu option you want, hit Enter again, and it'll behave as if you clicked on it.
Rating: 87% positive, 8 total Votes
Categories: Mac OS X shortcut
Added: on Jun 25, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Added By: an anonymous user
Searches: mac menu shortcut key

Comments on this Tip

Add a Comment
There are no comments for this tip
Your Comment:
(how to format)
Rate This Tip:

Verify Humanity:
Sorry, we know it's annoying, but please enter the characters shown in the image to the left so that we know you're an actual person and not an evil spammer. Thanks.
       

Related Tips

Quick Mac Calculator

83% positive, 3 comments - last added on Jun 02, 2009 at 3:38 pm
– Tip added by an anonymous user on Jun 09, 2008 at 7:45 am

Shortcut to system preferences on the Mac

Categories: Mac OS X shortcut
83% positive, 1 comment - last added on Jul 05, 2009 at 7:20 am
– Tip added by an anonymous user on Aug 29, 2007 at 4:35 pm

Mac shortcuts for shutting down

100% positive, 0 comments
– Tip added by an anonymous user on Oct 16, 2008 at 9:35 am

Using the tab key to switch between dialog buttons

Categories: Mac keyboard shortcut OS X
100% positive, 0 comments
– Tip added by an anonymous user on Oct 15, 2008 at 2:27 pm

Foreign Teachers vs. Korean English Teachers

Categories: Mac OS X shortcut firefox
no ratings, 0 comments
– Tip added by teachingkimchi on Aug 30, 2007 at 2:55 am

Miniplayer mode with iTunes 9

100% positive, 3 comments - last added on Sep 23, 2009 at 8:19 am
– Tip added by an anonymous user on Sep 09, 2009 at 3:16 pm

Mini Player Troubles

100% positive, 1 comment - last added on Sep 23, 2009 at 8:19 am
– Tip added by an anonymous user on Sep 13, 2009 at 1:33 pm

Organizing mailboxes in Snow Leopard

Categories: Mac Snow Leopard Mac
100% positive, 0 comments
– Tip added by an anonymous user on Oct 15, 2009 at 9:03 am

Changing scrollbar behavior on a Mac

100% positive, 0 comments
– Tip added by an anonymous user on Sep 23, 2009 at 7:55 am

Show hidden files in Open and Save file dialogs

100% positive, 0 comments
– Tip added by an anonymous user on Sep 20, 2009 at 7:17 am

Using Time Machine on hidden directories

100% positive, 1 comment - last added on Sep 24, 2009 at 3:00 pm
– Tip added by an anonymous user on Sep 10, 2009 at 6:49 am

Get old Dock menus in Snow Leopard

100% positive, 1 comment - last added on Oct 28, 2009 at 8:40 pm
– Tip added by an anonymous user on Sep 03, 2009 at 11:07 am

Default folder when opening a Finder window

Categories: Mac Finder shortcut
100% positive, 0 comments
– Tip added by an anonymous user on Aug 08, 2009 at 4:25 pm

Shortcut to System Preferences

no ratings, 0 comments
– Tip added by an anonymous user on Oct 29, 2009 at 4:02 pm

Shortcut for secure trash emptying in Snow Leopard

no ratings, 0 comments
– Tip added by an anonymous user on Oct 29, 2009 at 11:26 am

Alert volumes on a Mac

no ratings, 0 comments
– Tip added by an anonymous user on Oct 14, 2009 at 9:32 am

Run quick terminal commands on the Mac

no ratings, 0 comments
– Tip added by an anonymous user on Oct 05, 2009 at 12:30 pm

See Airport signal details from the menu bar

no ratings, 0 comments
– Tip added by an anonymous user on Sep 21, 2009 at 7:32 am

Application compatibility with Snow Leopard

no ratings, 0 comments
– Tip added by an anonymous user on Aug 27, 2009 at 4:40 pm

Another way to scroll on a Mac

no ratings, 0 comments
– Tip added by an anonymous user on Aug 08, 2009 at 6:54 am