I know how to use the menu items using only the keyboard. Is there anyway I can access the icons in the top right as well?
1 Answer
If you have "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys" checked in System Preferences → Keyboard → Keyboard tab
Ctrl + F8 moves the keyboard focus to the icons in the menubar
If you have "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys" unchecked in System Preferences → Keyboard → Keyboard tab
Ctrl + Fn + F8 moves the keyboard focus to the icons in the menubar
Although the leftmost user-installed ones on my computer cannot be accessed, you can then use the cursor keys to move ← → and ↓ to bring up the menu associated with the icon.
In addition, Ctrl + F2 (or Ctrl + Fn +F2) moves keyboard focus to the menubar items.
- 3Ctrl + Fn + F8 works too!c0smikdebris– c0smikdebris2012-05-09 11:39:53 +00:00Commented May 9, 2012 at 11:39
- @c0smikdebris Ah, yes. Thanks! This means you don't need to check the "Use all F1, F2..." setting if you use the Fn key. Would you mind if I added this to the answer?binarybob– binarybob2012-05-09 12:16:48 +00:00Commented May 9, 2012 at 12:16
- 1Ctrl + Fn + F8 only works for SOME of these icons. The ones I rarely use, not the ones added by applications. Like the one for my VPN.calasyr– calasyr2020-06-28 20:50:07 +00:00Commented Jun 28, 2020 at 20:50