David, Thank you very much for the detailed explanation.
And yes, the page I sent had the shortcuts in Documents and I totally missed that (I googled "Finder Shortcuts", found the file, made a search for Search and found the shortcuts without checking the whole document...) So, back to the original issue, that Option key does change the command behavior *but* unlike other menu commands pressing Alt does not trigger a change in the menu command label, am I correct ? So there are no ways to actually *get* the name of the modified command and change it's shortcut in System Preferences. Can somebody confirm that? Jean-Christophe > On Apr 22, 2017, at 6:22, David Schwartz <da...@yesdavid.com> wrote: > > On Apr 21, 2017, 10:51 AM -0700, wrote: > >> >> Cmd+F does in fact, by default, open a new tab with smart search. >> Alt+Cmd+F in Finder simply takes the cursor to the search field. The >> person who says their machine doesn't do that, has tweaked their shortcuts >> via the Keyboard system preference. > > > Well, sort of. There are a lot more variables. > > By default, the Finder’s View menu has “Show Tab Bar” disabled, and the > Finder's “New Finder windows show:” preference is set to “All My Files”. > With these stock configurations, the behavior is: > > With no Finder window open: > - Command+F opens new Smart Search window with insertion point in Spotlight > field > - Option+Command+F opens new Smart Search window with insertion point in > Spotlight field (identical behavior) > > > With an All My Files window having focus: > - Command+F put the insertion point into the Spotlight field > - Option+Command+F put the insertion point into the Spotlight field > (identical behavior) > > > With an open Finder window other than All My Files having focus: > - Command+F converts the window to a Smart Search window with insertion point > in Spotlight field > - Option+Command+F put the insertion point into the Spotlight field > > > With a Finder window or multiple Finder windows open but without having focus: > - Command+F opens new Smart Search window with insertion point in Spotlight > field > - Option+Command+F brings the frontmost Finder window to focus and puts the > cursor in the Spotlight field. > > -- > > If the Finder’s View menu is customized to Show Tab Bar (or if a Finder > window has any tabs added via Command+T), the behavior is: > > With a Finder tab other than All My Files having focus: > - Command+F adds a new Smart Search tab with insertion point in Spotlight > field > - Option+Command+F put the insertion point into the Spotlight field > > -- > > If the Finder preference is customized to un-check “Open folders in tabs > instead of new windows” and the Tab Bar is showing, the behavior is: > > With a Finder tab other than All My Files having focus: > - Command+F converts the tab to Smart Search tab with insertion point in > Spotlight field > - Option+Command+F put the insertion point into the Spotlight field > > With a Finder window with multiple Tabs but without having focus: > - Command+F opens new Smart Search window with insertion point in Spotlight > field > - Option+Command+F brings the frontmost Finder window’s selected tab to focus > and puts the cursor in the Spotlight field. > > -- > > - All My Files _windows_ with focus behave the same as All My Files _tabs_ > with focus under all configurations. > > > > > CORRECTIONS WELCOME!!! > > -david > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
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