Keyboard shortcuts not working on Safari

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Keyboard shortcuts not working on Safari

Hi everyone,

I'm running into a problem while setting up shortcuts on Safari version 16.0 on a Mac running Monterey 12.6.

I want to add a new entry on Apple Reminders or Apple Notes using a keyboard shortcut, so I tried to set it up but it does not seem to work.

Here's what happens:

when I use the shortcut I see the menu bar "flashing" as it is being activated, but it does not work unless I specifically open File->Share before using it (which obviously defies the purpose since at that point I may as well just click on the voice of the menu).

I think it's a Safari problem, because I tried setting up ands using the exact same shortcut on another browser (Firefox) and it works!

Anyone else has encountered this problem? Any ideas on how to make it work? I could just use Firefox (or another browser) of course but I'd prefer to just use Safari.

Thank you!

Mac mini, macOS 12.6

Posted on Sep 25, 2022 2:16 AM

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dawngreg08

Community Specialist

Sep 26, 2022 5:57 PM in response to Flazio81

Hello Flazio81,

Welcome to Apple Support Communities!

If we understand your post correctly, you're having some issues with shortcuts in Safari. We'd like to help!

See if any of these help:

Here are shortcuts you can use, in addition to those that appear in Safari menus. To turn off or change keyboard shortcuts, see Create keyboard shortcuts for apps.

Scroll

Action

Shortcut or gesture

Scroll up, down, left, or right

Press the arrow keys.

Scroll in larger increments

Press Option while you press an arrow key.

Scroll down a screen

Page Down

Space bar

Scroll up a screen

Page Up

Shift–Space bar

Scroll to the top-left or bottom-left corner of the page

Command–Up Arrow

Command–Down Arrow

Current webpage

Action

Shortcut or gesture

Search the current webpage

Command-F

Highlight the next field or pop-up menu on a webpage

Tab

Tab also highlights buttons and other controls if “Use keyboard navigation to move focus between controls” is selected in the Shortcuts pane of the Keyboard pane of System Preferences.

Highlight the next field, pop-up menu, or clickable item (such as a link) on a webpage

Option-Tab

Option-Tab also highlights buttons and other controls if “Use keyboard navigation to move focus between controls” is selected in the Shortcuts pane of the Keyboard pane of System Preferences.

To swap the behavior of Tab and Option-Tab, turn on “Press Tab to highlight each item on a webpage” in the Advanced pane of Safari preferences.

While typing in the Smart Search field, restore the current webpage address

Esc

Select the Smart Search field

Command-L

Print the current webpage

Command-P

Copy the selected item

Command-C

Paste the most recently copied item

Command-V

Tabs

Action

Shortcut or gesture

Show tab overview

Shift-Command-\

Open a page in a new tab

Command-click a link

Command-click a bookmark

Command-Return after typing in the Smart Search field.

Open a page in a new tab, and make that tab the active tab

Shift-Command-click a link

Shift-Command-click a bookmark

Shift-Command-Return after typing in the Smart Search field.

Go to the next tab

Control-Tab or Shift-Command-]

Go to the previous tab

Control-Shift-Tab or Shift-Command -[

Select one of your first nine tabs

Command-1 to Command-9

Close the active tab

Command-W

Close all tabs except for one

Option-click the Close button on the tab you want to leave open

Reopen the last tab you closed

Shift-Command-T

More Safari shortcuts can be found here: Keyboard shortcuts and gestures in Safari on Mac

Let us know if you have any questions.

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.

Take care!

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