Jump to menu bar, ALT + letter (as in Windows)

[soulwasted]

Hi,

 

is there any possible combo, how to make shortcut to jump to items in menu of applications?

 

For example:

In Windows

• you press "ALT + F" and focus is on "File" in menu.
• Then you hit "E" and you are in export.

 

Yes, in MAC OS you can bind F1 for focusing to menu bar.

• Hit F1 (or Fn + F1) and your focus is on menu bar.
• Then write "Fi" and focus is on "File".
• Then you hit "Enter".
• Then write "Ex".

More steps and not reliable.

Another thing is, it sometimes doesn't work. You have to wait for split of a second or something.

 

But I believe, there is something.

There has to be something to just press "Alt" and wait for letter. And you hit "Alt + F" and you are focused on "File".

Something, that works seamlessly in good ol' Windows.

 

 

Thanks for Alfred. Having my first mac for couple of weeks and Alfred is really helpful thingie

 

 

pepę

Edited September 8, 2016 by soulwasted

[Andrew]

There has to be something to just press "Alt" and wait for letter. And you hit "Alt + F" and you are focused on "File".

Something, that works seamlessly in good ol' Windows.

 

While this isn't something Alfred can help you with, have you tried the OS X shortcut cmd+shift+?

 

This jumps you to the menu search box which you can then start typing the menu item you want. In your example, you'd bring up the cmd+shift+? then type 'ex' for export, then select this in the search results.

 

Hope this helps

 

Cheers,

Andrew

[deanishe]

There has to be something to just press "Alt" and wait for letter. And you hit "Alt + F" and you are focused on "File".

 

 ALT (OPT) doesn't work like in Windows. It's not a "pure" modifier key and is important for text input. ALT+F, for example, is for typing ƒ. ALT+E, ALT+U and ALT+` are for typing characters with accents or umlauts.

 

As a result, it's not a great idea to use ALT for Hotkeys unless you also combine it with a "pure" modifier, like CMD or CTRL or you only use it for Hotkeys that won't be used while you're entering text.

 

Something, that works seamlessly in good ol' Windows.

Andrew's suggestion is usually better if you know what you're after. If you want to hunt around in the menus, use CTRL+F2 to focus the menu bar. You may have to use FN+CTRL+F2 depending on whether you have function keys set to work as standard function keys or to perform the special actions printed on the keys (adjust brightness/volume etc.).

[vitor]

You can also try the Menu Search workflow. It’s basically the same as the ⌘⇧? shortcut but directly in Alfred’s window.