10.5: Use keyboard shortcuts to file in iTunes and Mail
Aug 07, '08 07:30:04AM • Contributed by: asmeurer
Aug 07, '08 07:30:04AM • Contributed by: asmeurer
In, Leopard, it's possible to make a keyboard shortcut for contextual menu items -- for instance, for the Show Package Contents entry in the Finder's contextual menu.
This feature can be quite handy in other programs as well, such as Mail or iTunes. In those two programs, I use it for the commands to move messages or songs to mailboxes or playlists. The key is to create a shortcut in Keyboard Shortcuts tab of the Keyboard & Mouse System Preferences panel with the name of the playlist or mailbox you want to move an item into, and choose the appropriate program as the Application.
Note that this will only work if your playlist (or mailbox) name is not already a menu item somewhere (so your "Close Window" playlist is out). If you have more than one playlist (or mailbox) of the same name, the first one listed in the contextual menu will be chosen.
Unfortunately, the keyboard shortcut will only *be recognized if you actually have the contextual menu open, so you still have to right- or control-click on the messages/songs. Once you have the menu up, however, you can use the shortcut instead of trying to find the item in what could be a very long list of locations in the menu.
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