Shortcut for "Show all history"?

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Shortcut for "Show all history"?

Hi!
Very often I use search in history. "Show all history" is very helpful - it not only shows history list, but also focuses on search field.
But is there a shortcut for this action? If no, is there any plugins or a way to make and assign shortcut to this menu item?

BlackBook3,1, Mac OS X (10.5.6), 4Gb ram, 320Gb 7200rpm WD3200BEKT; iPhone 3G 16GB Black

Posted on Mar 1, 2009 4:18 AM

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Answer 1

iBod

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Mar 1, 2009 4:27 AM in response to HARDWARRIOR

Hi,

It does not look like one is setup by default, but you can add your own via System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard Shortcuts.

Enter the item to exactly match the 'Show All History' text and add your custom shortcut. Once that's done, you will need to completely quit and restart Safari for the change to be active.

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Answer 2

Mar 15, 2009 6:28 PM in response to HARDWARRIOR

There actually is a pre-existing shortcut for this function: Ctrl-option-B. Apple labels this "show all bookmarks", but it takes you to exactly the same place as the show all history command. Hitting it again will take you out of history view.

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HARDWARRIOR Author

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Mar 15, 2009 9:09 PM in response to gordon142

Nope. This shortcut just opens that view with collections and bookmarks on the left and content of the selected collection in the right. Try it yourself: open that view and select something but not history, then close it and open again with Ctrl-option-B. History wont be selected.

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HARDWARRIOR Author

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Mar 19, 2009 3:31 AM in response to iBod

I discovered very strange behaviour of this assigned-by-me shortcut: sometimes it does not work. I press key combination, but history does not appear. Then click History menu from Safari's menu at the top and scroll down so that "Show All History" item would be visible. Then I close this drop down menu and now key combination works))) My key combination is cmdalti.

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HARDWARRIOR Author

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Mar 1, 2009 4:36 AM in response to iBod

Wow! I did not know about such a feature in SysPrefs! Thanks a lot!
By the way it's not necessary to quit Safari. In my case shortcut begin to work with already launched safari

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iBod

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Mar 1, 2009 4:37 AM in response to HARDWARRIOR

No problem. And thanks for the information about not needing to restart. 🙂

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