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Stop neurotic submenus from disappearing
Authored by: romulis on Sep 21, '04 04:32:52AM

There is one other way to stop the menus disappearing.

Hitting ctrl-f2 puts the CURSOR focus in the menu bar. You can then use the arrow keys AND THE MOUSE to move around as much as you like. Combining the two you can use the mouse to get close to where you want to be, and then use the cursor keys for the fine-grade hand-eye co-ordination.

On a similar note ctrl-f3 puts the cursor in the dock by the way.

Steve
PS: The 45° angle thing was new - good tip. Easy once you know how :-)



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Stop neurotic submenus from disappearing
Authored by: osxpounder on Sep 22, '04 01:02:48PM

I'm not sure, but I believe you have to turn on full keyboard access for those keyboard shortcuts to work.

Moreover, you can change these CTRL F2-type keyboard shortcuts [in Panther's Keyboard & Mouse prefs panel, under Keyboard Shortcuts.]

I changed mine to CTRL m for Focus on Menu, and CTRL D for Focus on Dock, since that's easier to remember and seldom conflicts with anything else I'm running [thought it could be a prob if you are using a terminal app with a command prompt at the time].


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Full Keyboard Access does even more
Authored by: MJCube on Sep 23, '04 01:00:39AM

Nope, actually the menus, dock, windows, etc. work with Full Keyboard Access off. These functions are listed (and can be turned on & off individually) in System Prefs > Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard Shortcuts, under "Keyboard Navigation". Full Keyboard Access gives you other, even more specific controls.



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