Keyboard shortcuts in the finder and in directory, Dialog boxes 238 – Apple Macintosh PowerBook 145 User Manual
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2. Drag to the menu item so that the submenu appears.
3. Drag sideways to the submenu, drag to the submenu
item you want to choose so that it’s highlighted, and
then release the trackball or mouse button.
Keyboard shortcuts in the Finder and in
directory dialog boxes
Key
Action
Up, Down, Left,
Selects the next item in the direction of the
or Right Arrow key
arrow
Tab key
Selects the next item alphabetically (except in a
directory dialog box and the Chooser)
Character
Selects the first item whose name begins with
key (a, b, c . . .)
that character (or the character following
closest to it in the alphabet)
x
–Down Arrow
Opens the selected icon
x
–Option–Down Arrow
Opens the selected icon and closes the current
folder
x
–Up Arrow
Opens the folder that contains the current folder
x
–Option–Up Arrow
Opens the folder that contains the current
folder and closes the current folder
Return or Enter
In the Finder: Selects the selected icon’s name
for editing or saves the edited name
In a dialog box: the same as clicking the button
with the bold outline around it
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