Keyboard shortcut question?

spiralgirl

Hi,

Lately I've been trying to learn keyboard shortcuts and I just learned that that weird forward slash symbol with the top right squiggle is the alt key.

Now where do I find that one that is for empty the trash when you go Finder>empty trash there is an up arrow (which I get is the up arrow near the numbers pad), the command key that looks like a square with 4 loops), then there is this x inside a left arrow (where is this on my keyboard and why do thiey make this so confusing?)

Thanks,

S.

GratuitousApplesauce

Here's my list, that I keep on my desk top as a nicely formatted text document for quick access.

Startup
• "Press X during startup" = Force Mac OS X startup
• "Press Option during startup" = Start up in Open Firmware and choose startup volume
• "Press Option-Command-Shift-Delete during startup" = Bypass primary startup volume and seek a different startup volume (such as a CD or external disk)
• "Press C during startup" = Start up from a CD that has a system folder
• "Press N during startup" = Attempt to start up from a compatible network server (NetBoot)
• "Press T during startup" = Start up in FireWire Target Disk mode
• "Press Shift during startup" = start up in Safe Boot mode and temporarily disable login items and non-essential kernel extension files (Mac OS X 10.2 and later)
• "Press Command-V during startup" = Start up in Verbose mode
• "Press Command-S during startup" = Start up in Single-User mode

Finder window
• "Command-W" = Close Window
• "Option-Command-W" = Close all Windows
• "Command-Right Arrow" = Expand folder (list view)
• "Option-Command-Right Arrow" = Expand folder and nested subfolders (list view)
• "Command-Left Arrow" = Collapse Folder (list view)
• "Option-Command-Up Arrow" = Open parent folder and close current window

Menu Commands
• "Shift-Command-Q" = Apple Menu Log out
• "Shift-Option-Command-Q" = Apple Menu Log out immediately
• "Shift-Command-Delete" = Finder Menu Empty Trash
• "Option-Shift-Command-Delete" = Finder Menu Empty Trash without dialog
• "Command-H" = Finder Menu Hide Finder
• "Option-Command-H" = Finder Menu Hide Others
• "Command-N" = File Menu New Finder window
• "Shift-Command-N" = File Menu New Folder
• "Command-O" = File Menu Open
• "Command-S" = File Menu Save
• "Shift-Command-S" = File Menu Save as
• "Command-P" = File Menu Print
• "Command-W" = File Menu Close Window
• "Option-Command-W" = File Menu Close all Windows
• "Command-I" = File Menu Get Info
• "Option-Command-I" = File Menu Show Attributes Inspector
• "Command-D" = File Menu Duplicate
• "Command-L" = File Menu Make Alias
• "Command-R" = File Menu Show original
• "Command-T" = File Menu Add to Favorites
• "Command-Delete" = File Menu Move to Trash
• "Command-E" = File Menu Eject
• "Command-F" = File Menu Find
• "Command-Z" = Edit Menu Undo
• "Command-X" = Edit Menu Cut
• "Command-C" = Edit Menu Copy
• "Command-V" = Edit Menu Paste
• "Command-A" = Edit Menu Select All
• "Command-1" = View Menu View as Icons
• "Command-2" = View Menu View as List
• "Command-3" = View Menu View as Columns
• "Command-B" = View Menu Hide Toolbar
• "Command-J" = View Menu Show View Options
• "Command - [" = Go Menu Back
• "Command - ]" = Go Menu Forward
• "Shift-Command-C" = Go Menu Computer
• "Shift-Command-H" = Go Menu Home
• "Shift-Command-I" = Go Menu iDisk
• "Shift-Command-A" = Go Menu Applications
• "Shift-Command-F" = Go Menu Favorites
• "Shift-Command-G" = Go Menu Goto Folder
• "Command-K" = Go Menu Connect to Server
• "Command-M" = Window Menu Minimize Window
• "Command-?" = Help Menu Open Mac Help
• "Command-Space" = Open Spotlight (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)
• "Command-Alt-Space" = Open Spotlight Guide (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)
• "F12" = Opens Dashboard (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)

Universal Access and VoiceOver
• "Option-Command-* (asterisk)" = Turn on Zoom
• "Option-Command-+ (plus)" = Zoom in
• "Option-Command-- (minus)" = Zoom out
• "Control-Option-Command-* (asterisk)" = Switch to White on Black
• "Control-F1" = Turn on Full Keyboard Access
When Full Keyboard Access is turned on, you can use the key combinations listed in the table below from the Finder.
• "Control-F2" = Full Keyboard Access Highlight Menu
• "Control-F3" = Full Keyboard Access Highlight Dock
• "Control-F4" = Full Keyboard Access Highlight Window (active) or next window behind it
• "Control-F5" = Full Keyboard Access Highlight Toolbar
• "Control-F6" = Full Keyboard Access Highlight Utility window (palette)
• "Command-F5 or fn-Command-F5" = Turn VoiceOver on or off (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)
• "Control-Option-F8 or fn-Control-Option-F8" = Open VoiceOver Utility (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)
• "Control-Option-F7 or fn-Control-option-F7" = Display VoiceOver menu (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)
• "Control-Option-; or fn-Control-option-" = Enable/disable VoiceOver Control-Option lock (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)

Mouse Keys
• "8" = Move Up
• "2" = Move Down
• "4" = Move Left
• "6" = Move Right
• "1, 3, 7, 9" = Move Diagonally
• "5" = Press Mouse Button
• "0" = Hold Mouse Button
• ". (period on keypad)" = Release Mouse Button (use after pressing 0)

Other Commands
• "Option-Command-D" = Show/Hide Dock
• "Command-Tab" = Switch application
• "Command-Up Arrow" = Move up one directory
• "Command-Down Arrow" = Move down one directory
• "Page Up or Control-Up Arrow" = Move up one page
• "Page Down or Control-Down Arrow" = Move down one page
• "Option-Drag" = Copy to new location
• "Option-Command-Drag" = Make alias in new location
• "Command-Drag" = Move to new location without copying
• "Command-C" = Show Colors palette in application
• "Command-T" = Show Font palette in application
• "Command-Shift-3" = Take a picture of the screen
• "Command-Shift-4" = Take a picture of the selection
• "Command-Shift-4, then press Control while selecting" = Take a picture of the screen, place in Clipboard
• "Command-Shift-4, then Spacebar" = Take a picture of the selected window
• "Option-Command-esc" = Force Quit
• "Control-Eject" = Restart, Sleep, Shutdown dialog box
• "Control-Command-Eject" = Quit all applications and restart
• "Option-Command-Eject or Option-Command-Power" = Sleep
• "Command-click window toolbar button (upper right corner)" = Cycle through available views for the window's toolbar (dependant on the nature of the Finder or application window)
• "Command-`" = Cycle through windows in application or Finder (if more than one window is open)
• "Function-Delete (PowerBook, iBook only)" = Forward Delete (delete the character to the right of your cursor)

GratuitousApplesauce

I forgot to mention that if you open System Preferences —> Keyboard & Mouse —> Keyboard Shortcuts, you'll find a listing there. You will also have some ability to edit them as well, although it's probably best to do that with some caution, since you might be supplanting other shortcuts with what you choose. Of course, if you mess it up, there is a button there to change it back to the defaults.

Pelao

Hey GA - useful list, thanks.

I prefer to operate and navigate by keyboard and am reasonable at my most common moves, but keeping this list handy will help.

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GratuitousApplesauce

You're welcome.

I found this list on a web site recently, edited it a bit and made the document for my desktop, because I got tired of looking for and opening the abysmally slow Help file every time I wanted to look up a keyboard shortcut. Why is Mac help so slow, it's just .html pages after all?

winwintoo

I think the original poster was asking why the symbols used don't make much sense.

I agree, the symbols are weird and I've never been able to find what some of them are.

I'm attaching a screen shot of three troublesome ones.

Margaret

winwintoo

I forgot, thanks for the list of shortcuts with words that I can understand. I'll be saving that.

Margaret

Theseus

The command for empty trash is Shift (up arrow) - Command (cloverleaf) - Delete (box with x)

spiralgirl

GratuitousApplesauce,

Thank you so much for that great list, and the tip I'm going to copy and paste and keep it handy too so I can learn this stuff.

S.

spiralgirl

GA,

Yep, the help thing is slow for me too and it drives me batty.

S.