Re: Belated look at the OSXhints April Fool's front page
- From: Chris Ridd <chrisridd@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:19:25 +0100
On 2008-04-19 23:02:39 +0100, real-address-in-sig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Rowland McDonnell) said:
Chris Ridd <chrisridd@xxxxxxx> wrote:
(Rowland McDonnell) said:
`Look up in Dictionary', for example, does nothing when I press it
(cmd-ctrl-D). No idea what it's on about, mind. What `Dictionary'?
<shrug>
Whatever Dictionary.app is using. This is a neat but somewhat hidden
feature - select a word in a Cocoa app, and hit Cmd-Ctrl-D. A
dictionary definition for the selected word will appear.
See why documentation is needed?
It is a shame this feature is hidden. Perhaps that's done so that you get a nice warm glow when you discover some neat little feature?
Do you honestly mean to say you didn't try clicking the "+" button?
Do you honestly mean to say that you automatically play around with
controls on fragile, expensive equipment which you do not understand?
With software? Of course. I trust there will be a Cancel button at some point.
I need documentation to figure this sort of thing out.
OK, there are only three controls to play with but here's how it seems to work out:
You need to know the *exact* text from the menu item you want to change. So "New Finder Window" or "New Folder" in Adrian's case. Then you change the shortcut by clicking in the Keyboard Shortcut field and literally pressing the required shortcut.
The final wrinkle is that you can choose if this shortcut just applies to one app (in this case, Finder) or whether it is shared across all apps (like Hide Windows). Choose from the popup menu.
Click Add. The new shortcut appears at the bottom of the big list. If you switch back to the Finder in Leopard, the shortcut appears in the menu immediately. I've a feeling in Tiger you had to restart the Finder.
Cheers,
Chris
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