Column View Note

Column View Note:

• A hollow arrow indicates that the pane with the selected folder is active.
• A solid white arrow indicates that contents of the selected folder are active in the pane to the right.
• The behavior of FAYT/Tab in Column View is functionally equivalent to tab-autocomplete on a standard *nix shell.

Taking Screenshots

The Taking Screenshots in Mac OS X article includes keyboard shortcuts related to taking screenshots.

Dialog Boxes

enter	click the default button in dialog box (the button that is entirely blue) (The return key also works if there are no text fields that use return)
space	click the focused button (the button that has a blue halo around it)
option with Enter, Return, or Tab	applies that key to a text box without leaving the box
command-.	cancel (equivalent to pressing the escape key)
command-D	don’t save (in save/cancel/don’t save dialog)
command-R	replace (in “Do you want to replace this file” dialog)
type first letter in button label	press Button
tab (shift-tab reverses direction)	tab between buttons (Full Keyboard Access must be turned on in System Preferences)

Shortcuts Common to Most Applications

hold option key with menu open	show additional menu options
spacebar	simulate a mouse click on focused object (i.e., the button or control that has a blue halo around it)
command-shift-?	Search application help. As of 10.5, this also FAYT searches available menu items. It also activates the menu bar as keyboard navigable if the search string is empty.
command-shift-+	increase font size
command--	decrease font size
command-,	preferences
command-?	help
command-shift-:	show spelling window
command-;	check spelling
command-A	select all
command-C	copy
command-D	duplicate
command-shift-C	show colors
command-E	use selection for find
command-F	find
command-G	find next
command-shift-G	find previous
command-H	hide application windows
command-option-H	hide windows of other applications
command-J	scroll to selection
command-M	minimize (equivalent to double-clicking the title bar)
command-option-M	minimize all application windows (equivalent to option-double-clicking the title bar or option-clicking the minimize button)
command-N	new
command-O	open
command-P	print
command-Q	quit
command-S	save
command-S	save
command-shift-S	save as
command-option-S	save all
command-T	show fonts
command-V	paste
command-W	close window
command-option-W	close all application windows (equivalent to option-clicking the close button)
command-shift-W	close a file and its associated windows
command-X	cut
command-Z	undo
command-shift-Z	redo