On 12/28/17, Dan Purgert <d...@djph.net> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: >> [...] >> >> I accidentally stumbled upon being able to use ALT+F to bring up the >> toolbar without toggling it into (semi-)permanent view. I think I >> meant to hit CTRL+F to "find" something once upon a time and clicked >> the ALT key instead. >> >> ALT+F seems to work for a couple different packages that also default >> to the toolbar being toggled out of view. With the ALT+F trick now in >> hand, I leave all mine toggled off. It's less distracting for my >> brain. :) > > I believe <ALT>+<First Letter> works for most any menubar > > - (F)ile > - (V)iew > - (E)dit > - (H)elp > - etc... > > If the window / program has one of those upper-left menus (with the > program icon) for window-managent (Move, resize, etc), <ALT>+<SPACE> > usually opens that one. > > Though it's been a long time, so I could be mistaken -- I believe if you > press and hold (or sometimes hold for a few seconds then release) it'll > highlight or underline the relevant character to open that menu (might > even give you a selection 'cursor' so you can use the arrow keys to > navigate).
It does do those things, bring up the various existing topics. It's a nice feature that various packages *very nicely* carry fairly universally. I did once encounter something where that didn't work, but that was a rare occasion long ago. What I should have additionally said the first time 'round is that ALT+F brings the toolbar *out of hiding* without having to track down how to unhide the toolbar first. On a quick test just now, Opera didn't acknowledge ALT+E and ALT+V because Opera's current menu is not set up that way. It does seem reasonable to a-sume that packages with "View", "Edit", "Tool", etc, MIGHT be toggle-able out of hiding using ALT with their corresponding letters, but I don't have anything I can think of to test drive the theory on just this second. :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with 1960s tin New Year's Eve noisemaker in hand *
