Command + T not working??!!

howwow-

this is completely random, but give it a shot. I was experiencing almost the exact same problem, and was actually browsing this thread, when I solved my issue.

I noticed that absolutely nothing was happening when I was using the command, so I played around some by highlighting some text on the page, and then hitting "command + t". When I did this, my computer "spoke" the text; apparently, "speak selected text when the key is pressed" in the Speech control panel was selected, and the specified command key was "command + t" (which overrode the same command in Safari). I'm not sure if I accidentally set this while playing with it, or if it's the default, but when I unchecked the preference, I had my "command + t" back.

If it's not this specific preference, it may be another Control Panel preference which may be bound to the command...

Hello all.

Just updated my PowerBook 12" to the latest Tiger
update, everything is fine until when I am in Safari,
to add a new Tab window, when I hit 'Command + T'
keys, the Alert sounds off and nothing happens...

Something I miss somewhere??

Thanks and cheers

Safari -> Preferences -> Tabs and make sure the Enable Tabbed Browsing box is checked. Stranger things have happened.

Is Cmd+T reflected as being associated with the 'New Tab' menu-item under the 'File' menu? Maybe setting a custom keyboard shortcut (in the Keyboard & Mouse preference pane) to make up for the default setting going wonky might be a useful work-around.

Yang

Can you create a new user and test Safari there to see if it behaves the same? To create a new user, open System Preferences and click on Accounts. You may have to click on the padlock and give your password, but then click on the plus sign in the lower left corner - no reason for password. You can delete it later if you want by highlighting the account and clicking on the minus sign.

The first thing I would try, and the least drastic, is to delete Safari's preferences file. I have seen all sorts of unrelated but Safari-specific problems caused by a bad preferences file - but not all problems are because of a bad plist. The other account is using the same Safari program, but it has its own preferences file. Quit Safari. In your main/original account got to the Safari folder in the Library folder on Finder's Home Page and drag the file com.apple.Safari.plist to the trash. Restart Safari and see what happens. The only downside of this is that you will loose whatever changes you had made in Safari's preferences and will have to do them again.

Reinstalling the combo installer has fixed things for some other users who have posted here and it would make sure your system was completely up to to date. Repair permissions both before and after running the updater and, just to be sure, check Software Update when you are done, but not before you check out your system. My one concern is that there might be a config problem in the main account because you don't have a problem in your test account.

Sorry for the confusion.

I meant to say that if in Safari, under the 'File' menu, 'New Tab' isn't shown to be associated with a keyboard shortcut (Cmd+T) to the right side of the menu pane, then creating a custom keyboard shortcut to replace the otherwise default one might be a useful work-around while you try to get the problem sorted.

Yang

To reinstall Safari from the DVD, insert the Install disc with the 'Optional Installs' package, and double click it. Once open, select your install of OS X to install to, then click on the triangle next to 'Applications', under Package Name, and tick the Safari box.

Having said that however, this will most likely not fix your issue, as with a new user the same Safari bundle works as it should. This indicates the issue is in your user directory somewhere, not the Safari application itself.

..k

Hi Howwow,

If it is account-specific and flushing Safari's plist didn't help, you may want to look into plug-ins, enhancers or hotkey applications, e.g. iKey, XKeys, Quick Keys, Sparks, etc (if you have any), which might be conflicting with the keystroke combination.

Regarding plug-ins and enhancers, good places to start looking in are..

~/Library/ Internet Plug-ins/
~/Library/ InputManagers/

.. if they exist. Or their equivalents in the library folder directly subsidiary to your 'hard disk'.

Yang

You're very welcome! I'm glad that solution worked out for you- I was surprised myself when I discovered the solution on my machine. Considering we both had the same issue, I'm thinking the "command+t" in the Speech control panel must be set by default.

Anyway, we're both happier now!