Dec 03, '03 10:58:00AM • Contributed by: Alejandra
Hope this remedy work for some of you instead of rebooting your Mac.
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10.3: Make shortcuts in the Finder's File menu work again
Dec 03, '03 10:58:00AM • Contributed by: Alejandra
I have the experience of shorcuts not working on Panther's Finder after some time working in Finder or other apps, but this only happens with the shorcuts of the File menu, I noticed that if I just click on the File menu (not a command, just the menu itself) the shorcuts work again. I thought it happens just to me, but recntlty I visited Apple discussions and found that some other had the same experience.
Hope this remedy work for some of you instead of rebooting your Mac.
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10.3: Make shortcuts in the Finder's File menu work again
Sometimes the menu line must be clicked (in a menu or an icon) to be 'activated'. The first time for example you use ImageWell, you can't hover a jpeg file over it to open it, but must click the menu icon first. The next time it's okay. A bug?
10.3: Make shortcuts in the Finder's File menu work again
I've experienced the same glitch and solution, usually when trying to close a window with Command+W. Didn't give it much attention, though, because I have lots of inconsistencies on my Lombard.
10.3: Make shortcuts in the Finder's File menu work again
My normal Finder shortcuts work, also the ones I've implemented myself, as control+alt+command+c for clipboard (I've missed a shortcut for that!) and alt+z for zipping a file. It's only third party apps and the menu line I've experienced a buggy behavior with. No, wait a minute, the first time I put those additional shortcuts in the Finder, I lost them again. Second time they stuck, though. If you have trouble with command+w maybe you should do something about it.
10.3: Make shortcuts in the Finder's File menu work again
I too have been experiencing this problem since installing Panther. Asked someone at the Apple Store if it was common but of course they'd never heard of it.
10.3: Make shortcuts in the Finder's File menu work again
Thank goodness - I thought it was just me.
10.3: Make shortcuts in the Finder's File menu work again
I thought it was me, as well. Glad to know it's not my keyboard not responding or something...
10.3: Make shortcuts in the Finder's File menu work again
I've seen occasionally that an application's main window loses
10.3: Make shortcuts in the Finder's File menu work again
I've had the unresponsive-window-in-the-background problem with Mail.app. If I recall, I used Force Quit to solve that ("take that! you *&^%# program!"), but this is obviously overkill. I will try the Command-Tab solution next time it happens. Thanks.
10.3: Make shortcuts in the Finder's File menu work again
I have encountered this too, but just clicking on the icon of the unresponsive app in the Dock brings its focus back for me.
This happens with Services shortcuts
This bug is related to unresponsive shortcuts in the Services menu of any application. I believe it has been present since Jaguar. (The Services menu in under the application's Application menu, which is the leftmost menu bearing the name of the application in bold) It works like this: •You know a keyboard shortcut from the Services menu that you know it will be active in application X.•You launch application X. •You hit this shortcut using the keyboard. •You hear a beep, and nothing happens. You keep trying and nothing. Only beeps. How do you fix this? You simply click the Application menu to display it! (or you can use Control-F2 to display the menu if you have Keyboard Navigation enabled in System Preferences.) Now you hit the same shortcut with the keyboard again and it works. Well, Alleluia! You only have to display this menu once after launching the application if you want Services shortcuts to respond. This is a very annoying bug that I hope Apple fixes soon.
Volume of feedback to Apple on this issue is critical
I should reiterate since no one else has that Apple may only respond to bug reports based on the amount of feedback they receive through their OS X feedback page. To increase the chances of Apple fixing this bug, please post your feedback on this page: Mac OS X Feedback, as I have.
An Apple Discussions "Helper" (Dr. Smoke) has posted an informative bit in this discussions thread: Panther Finder Bugs and Annoyances. He mentions that, in reality, Apple does not scan the discussion forums (and presumably the forums of other web sites such as this) for product suggestions and issues. Also, he says that the volume of feedback on a topic "is critical to increasing the probability of a requested feature being added." So remember to go directly to Apple with your grievances.
Upgrading to Default Folder 1.9.2 may fix this
I was having trouble with the Finder sometimes not picking up command key menu equivalents. Especially annoying with trying to use cmd-O to open stuff! |
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