Mac Kung Fu, 2nd Edition

Tip 332

Use Option or Command for Shortcuts

If you’re choosing from options in a drop-down list to change a keyboard shortcut in System Preferences, pressing Shift, Control, Option, or Command while the drop-down list is open will show additional keyboard combinations involving those keys.

For example, let’s say you want Mission Control to activate when you hit Command+F9 rather than when you simply hit F9. Open System Preferences (Apple menu→System Preferences), and click the Mission Control pane. Click the drop-down list next to Mission Control to redefine its keyboard shortcut. While the list is open, try pressing Shift, Control, Option, or Command—you’ll see that the shortcut changes accordingly. Selecting an entry in the list with one of ...