Comments on: Menu’s and the option key http://www.leopardtricks.com/leopard/menus-and-the-option-key Tips and Tricks for Apple's Leopard operating system Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:05:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rob http://www.leopardtricks.com/leopard/menus-and-the-option-key/comment-page-1#comment-2057 Rob Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:12:45 +0000 http://www.leopardtricks.com/?p=317#comment-2057 Cool! Thanks for the tip Edward. Tres handy. Cool! Thanks for the tip Edward. Tres handy.

]]> By: Edward http://www.leopardtricks.com/leopard/menus-and-the-option-key/comment-page-1#comment-2055 Edward Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:30:21 +0000 http://www.leopardtricks.com/?p=317#comment-2055 What a useless first comment to this post! ... anyway, I noticed after playing with this tip that if you click an icon in dock of an open application, it hides all other windows and just shows that application. This option key seems more useful than the alt key was in windows.. Thanks for the tip! What a useless first comment to this post!

… anyway, I noticed after playing with this tip that if you click an icon in dock of an open application, it hides all other windows and just shows that application.

This option key seems more useful than the alt key was in windows..

Thanks for the tip!

]]> By: Chuck Norris http://www.leopardtricks.com/leopard/menus-and-the-option-key/comment-page-1#comment-2050 Chuck Norris Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:30:17 +0000 http://www.leopardtricks.com/?p=317#comment-2050 Lyle, lay off the grammar mate. Lyle, lay off the grammar mate.

]]> By: David http://www.leopardtricks.com/leopard/menus-and-the-option-key/comment-page-1#comment-2045 David Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:54:32 +0000 http://www.leopardtricks.com/?p=317#comment-2045 I think that any option in the menu bar that also has a keyboard shortcut that can be modified with the option key will reflect the changes when you press option. So for example, in finder, CMD-A will 'select all', while option-cmd-a will deselect all. This is reflected when you press option in the menu bar. It works in all apps that have the relevent shortcuts. I think that any option in the menu bar that also has a keyboard shortcut that can be modified with the option key will reflect the changes when you press option. So for example, in finder, CMD-A will ‘select all’, while option-cmd-a will deselect all. This is reflected when you press option in the menu bar. It works in all apps that have the relevent shortcuts.

]]> By: Lyle http://www.leopardtricks.com/leopard/menus-and-the-option-key/comment-page-1#comment-2043 Lyle Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:19:06 +0000 http://www.leopardtricks.com/?p=317#comment-2043 "Menu's" is the possessive form, the plural does not take an apostrophe. “Menu’s” is the possessive form, the plural does not take an apostrophe.

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