Making the command + i shortcut open the Mail app is quite possible the dumbest thing ever. I just want to use italics. How can I fix this? The suggestion on this link didn't work for me: Disable Safari's "Email This Page" shortc… - Apple Community
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 12.2
What command-i does depends on context. For example, in the Finder, it gives you the Get Info box on whatever you've selected. And in every text editing situation I'm familiar with that supports italics, it will italicize whatever word or words you have selected.
Do you have editable text selected? If you have nothing selected, then you may see a different response?
I have just tested this in Safari and, selecting text and using command-I applies italics as expected.
What you say is true. In fact, *sometimes* it works in this exact context and sometimes it opens Mail. I can't figure out why. Here's what I'm trying to do, generally: compose within a Google doc or within Gmail, inside of Safari. It works in word processing apps. But not necessarily when I try to use it in these contexts.
Don't know what to tell you. I didn't even know you could use command-i to share a page via email until I saw this thread. It always does exactly what I expect it to when I use it to italicize.
And it matters very much if you have text selected or not. It will definitely not italicize anything if you do not have text selected.
Sometimes it will activate the italics button and italicize anything I type afterward if I use command-i--that's what I meant about it not seeming to matter. So it does sometimes work without text selected--like just then, I typed command-i, then wrote out "does" and it came out italicized. Other times, when I'm working on a Google platform, it opens Mail and starts a mail this page message 🙄
Thanks for trying to help!
Oh, and it doesn't seem to matter whether I have selected text or not.
How can I get command + i to italicize instead of opening Mail?
