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Re: Ask HN: The most useful Mac keyboard shortcuts?

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Post by sheepybloke » Tue, Aug 06, 2019, 1:14 PM UTC

gumby wrote: post #13

Cmd-space Type a few characters: start or switch to an app. Just hide the dock. Keeps your hands on keyboard and your eyes where you want them to be. Control-cmd-F makes most apps full screen (or toggles back) ^k, ^y, etc...standard text widgets accept basic Emacs commands.

Cmd-Space for me is the most powerful one! It makes life so much easier, and unlike the windows key, it's all front and center on your screen and easier to read.

Re: Ask HN: The most useful Mac keyboard shortcuts?

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Post by tsar_nikolai » Tue, Aug 06, 2019, 1:17 PM UTC

CMD + SHIFT + G to navigate Open/Save dialogs with the keyboard. Supports autocomplete with TAB. Navigate multiple suggestions with UP/DOWN arrow.

Re: Ask HN: The most useful Mac keyboard shortcuts?

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Post by dochench » Tue, Aug 06, 2019, 1:32 PM UTC

Hammerspoon. Lets me define my own keybindings.

Re: Ask HN: The most useful Mac keyboard shortcuts?

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Post by SnowingXIV » Tue, Aug 06, 2019, 1:41 PM UTC

jachee wrote: post #14

randallsquared wrote: post #6

Not a shortcut exactly, but get some app that adds shortcuts to snap the current window to various presets. I use Spectacle, but there are several.

I use Magnet, which comes with very nice KB shortcuts for window manipulation. It adds on the one feature from Windows that I missed on macOS.

Another recommendation for Magnet. Using an ultrawide with my MBP it makes snapping windows around the screen really smooth and a key part of the workflow.

Re: Ask HN: The most useful Mac keyboard shortcuts?

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Post by psychometry » Tue, Aug 06, 2019, 1:45 PM UTC

seltzered_ wrote: post #25

Cmd+shift+/ - brings up help search to search through menu items. Huge feature to me over windows, Linux-based desktop environments. Not exactly a shortcut, but I once made a gesture-driven shortcut app ( https://thimblemac.com ) - it’s been on hiatus the past couple years but have been wondering if there’s value in it for programming work contexts.

Cmd+shift+/ doesn't work in any app I'm running. Did you set that up yourself?

Re: Ask HN: The most useful Mac keyboard shortcuts?

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Post by srfilipek » Tue, Aug 06, 2019, 2:04 PM UTC

psychometry wrote: post #105

seltzered_ wrote: post #25

Cmd+shift+/ - brings up help search to search through menu items. Huge feature to me over windows, Linux-based desktop environments. Not exactly a shortcut, but I once made a gesture-driven shortcut app ( https://thimblemac.com ) - it’s been on hiatus the past couple years but have been wondering if there’s value in it for programming work contexts.

Cmd+shift+/ doesn't work in any app I'm running. Did you set that up yourself?

It works in every single app that I'm running.

Did you remap that key combo?

Re: Ask HN: The most useful Mac keyboard shortcuts?

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Post by sethammons » Tue, Aug 06, 2019, 3:01 PM UTC

jonhess wrote: post #24

Command-e, put the selected text on the find clipboard. Then command-e, command-g (find next) will search for the selected text without sacrificing the copy/paste clipboard. Also, the find clipboard is shared between apps, so you can command-e in Safari, then command-g in Xcode.

Note, cmd+e seems to be a safari thing; no such luck in chrome. I just cmd+f again.

Re: Ask HN: The most useful Mac keyboard shortcuts?

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Post by sethammons » Tue, Aug 06, 2019, 3:05 PM UTC

psychometry wrote: post #105

seltzered_ wrote: post #25

Cmd+shift+/ - brings up help search to search through menu items. Huge feature to me over windows, Linux-based desktop environments. Not exactly a shortcut, but I once made a gesture-driven shortcut app ( https://thimblemac.com ) - it’s been on hiatus the past couple years but have been wondering if there’s value in it for programming work contexts.

Cmd+shift+/ doesn't work in any app I'm running. Did you set that up yourself?

ditto. no worky in chrome, vs code. In slack, it brings up emoji (which is pretty neat!). In Notes, it centers text.

Re: Ask HN: The most useful Mac keyboard shortcuts?

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Post by scarecrowbob » Tue, Aug 06, 2019, 3:07 PM UTC

aantix wrote: post #53

scarecrowbob wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't have alfred, but I've sincerely loved Clipy. Like, it totally changed how I use cut/paste: https://github.com/Clipy/Clipy

Does Clipy support images? Alfred supports images, rich text and a few other mime types for its history.

Yes.

Re: Ask HN: The most useful Mac keyboard shortcuts?

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Post by sethammons » Tue, Aug 06, 2019, 3:10 PM UTC

kahlonel wrote: post #100

Ctrl+Left and Ctrl+Right for desktop switching without using mouse.

The biggest thing I missed going from Ubuntu to Mac was the ability to take your current active window with you when you switched workspaces using only the keyboard. In Mac, you have to use a mouse. Now I only use the other workspace/desktop as a quick way to get a clear screen to access something on the desktop like a recent screen shot.