2. Drag to the menu item so that the submenu appears.

Keyboard shortcuts in the Finder and in directory dialog boxes

KeyAction

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.

Up, Down, Left,

or Right Arrow key

Tab key

Character

key (a, b, c . . .)

x–Down Arrow

xOption–Down Arrow

xUp Arrow

xOption–Up Arrow

Return or Enter

Selects the next item in the direction of the arrow

Selects the next item alphabetically (except in a directory dialog box and the Chooser)

Selects the first item whose name begins with that character (or the character following closest to it in the alphabet)

Opens the selected icon

Opens the selected icon and closes the current folder

Opens the folder that contains the current folder

Opens the folder that contains the current folder and closes the current folder

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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Apple 145B manual KeyAction, Selects the next item in the direction of the arrow