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Display a hidden menu in iTunes4 Apps
While moving through the menus with the keyboard in iTunes, I discovered a hidden menu with some useful keyboard shortcuts. To access the menu and see the shortcuts, click the Window menu, and then press the right arrow. You can move to the Search field, Preferences, Home, Back, and Forward.

[robg adds: I think I'd classify this as a bug, as it would seem that menu should be attached to some other menu ... for now, though, consider it an interesting hidden feature!]
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Menu intended for Music Store
Authored by: firthy374 on May 01, '03 11:08:00AM

Seemes this hidden menu was probably meant for the
Music Store, since it's got browser-like options ("Home,"
"Back," and "Forward" items); they do indeed work as
shortcuts in the Music Store. The menu was probably
hidden since there are navigation widgets already found in
the Music Store window.



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'Tab' Key Works, Too.
Authored by: OneTrueDabe on May 02, '03 01:40:01AM

Funny, I've always just hit the 'Tab' key a couple times. :-)



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Cmd-Opt-F to activate Find box
Authored by: ces3001 on May 01, '03 12:22:15PM

I had lost hope on accessing ("targeting") the Google search box in Safari with the keyboard, since there was no menu item for it. But Cmd-Opt-F works in Safari, too.



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Cmd-Opt-F to activate Find box
Authored by: sabi on May 01, '03 04:15:32PM

Actually, there is a menu item for this in Safari - it's in the Edit -> Find submenu.

The annoying part is I'm used to using command-_shift_-F for this in Camino.



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Menu Master
Authored by: daveschroeder on May 01, '03 08:35:29PM

http://www.unsanity.com/haxies/menumaster/



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Cmd-Opt-F to activate Find box in Mail.app too!
Authored by: stephen.bates on May 01, '03 06:23:13PM

Also works in Mail.app as well...



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Cmd-Opt-F to activate Find box
Authored by: sjk on May 01, '03 10:31:59PM

Anyone know a keyboard shortcut to jump to the Search box in a
Finder window? Keyboard shortcuts to reveal details in a Finder
Info window would sure be convenient, too.



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Display a hidden menu in iTunes4
Authored by: DavidRavenMoon on May 01, '03 08:59:00PM
Actually this seems to work in any application... just select ANY menu with the mouse, then use the arrow keys to navigate across menus... even the up and down arrows.

Maybe this is new to 10.2.5?

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Works with any Menu in OS X
Authored by: cornsyrupkills on May 01, '03 11:17:08PM

no i've been using the arrow keys for contextual menus for a
while so i think this feature is pretty old. the itunes thing looks
like they just forgot to take it out. bye.

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