In my work, I have to italicize a lot of stuff, and my fingers keep accidentally hitting command-o when I try for command-I.
I have Google searched how to disable command-o to no avail. There are endless explanations for earlier operating systems. I'm in Ventura.
Is there any easy way to do this? Can somebody walk me through disabling command-o. Thanks.
Command-O is the standard shortcut for "Open...".
What application are you using to write? I tested the following with Pages, and it worked. If you write on a different one, adapt accordingly. You can change the shortcut for all applications, but I would not recommend it - then you'd lose the ability to use Command-O throughout.
1) System Settings->Keyboard->Keyboard Shortcuts->App Shortcuts
2) Click + to add a new shortcut; select Pages as the application; enter "Open..." (WITHOUT quotes) as the menu text; select a different shortcut (in my example, Command-Control-Option-Shift-O).
Now, Command-O beeps, and Command-Control-Option-Shift-O get the open file dialog.
Command-O is the standard shortcut for "Open...".
What application are you using to write? I tested the following with Pages, and it worked. If you write on a different one, adapt accordingly. You can change the shortcut for all applications, but I would not recommend it - then you'd lose the ability to use Command-O throughout.
1) System Settings->Keyboard->Keyboard Shortcuts->App Shortcuts
2) Click + to add a new shortcut; select Pages as the application; enter "Open..." (WITHOUT quotes) as the menu text; select a different shortcut (in my example, Command-Control-Option-Shift-O).
Now, Command-O beeps, and Command-Control-Option-Shift-O get the open file dialog.
Thanks. Unfortunately, it doesn't work.
To be more specific. I use it with Opera with a Substack newsletter. When I hit command-o, I get a dialog box.
This is what it looks like trying your method. Perhaps I'm doing it wrong?
BobHarris wrote:
NOTE: ... is not 3 periods, it is a single character Option-Semicolon …
Thank you.
I remember having this in mind ever since Classic Mac OS (yes, I am old!).
But in most cases that I've tried in recent years - and including today with Pages - it works perfectly well using three periods.
Maybe it does not work in Opera, and this is why it is failing for the OP, though.
It is possible spelling corrections are changing ... into …
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I don't have Opera, so two questions:
NOTE: ... is not 3 periods, it is a single character Option-Semicolon …
BobHarris wrote:
It is possible spelling corrections are changing ... into …
Many of the volunteers with high point counts are "Old".
Just a minute there. I resemble that remark. 🤭
Okay, this is what it looks like in Opera:
I tried Open File with dots and without dots. Nothing changed.
Look at the screenshot that you posted!
The menu text is not “Open…”
it’s “Open File…”
You have to write the menu text exactly.
How do I disable command-O?
