Space bar won't open photos in Mojave

This doesn't work for me. Nor does clicking on image. Is this the image menu at the top of the screen? Just click on it then let the drop down menu close and then the space bar is supposed to work. That also doesn't work. only the return key works to open and close images. anyone else having this problem?

Go to the previous page in this discussion. "Eric in Boca" totally and completely solves this blunder by Apple. You might have to use Return once at the start of a Photos session (when you open Photos anew), but then the spacebar will work exactly as before! There is another answer marked "solved" but it doesn't solve anything. It just tells you to use the Return key.

Hey, Eric in Boca.. Thanks!!!

FYI.. to others: I don't have the option for "Photos" in 'app shortcuts' (see images below).. but fortunately, I was still able to add the two shortcuts per his post and it works in Photos. 🙂

johnesquivel,

The "Photos" item will be added to the list, when you click the "+" button to add a new shortcut, and then select "Photos" from the "Applications" drop-down menu at the top of the panel. It is safer to restrict your new shortcut to Photos, so it will not interfere with other applications.

Makes sense. Done.

Thanks for the help!!

It works now. I had Open Viewer and Close Viewer in all lowercase.

Thanks

I haven't been able to make it work with a new shortcut key, or clicking the image menu, or clicking the return key when first opening photos. The only thing that works for me is the return key. Frustrating. I left feedback on the link to apple.

Go through all the posts again carefully. It DOES work, but you have to enter the names of the 2 shortcuts exactly as the instructions say: case sensitive. And remember, in a NEW session, like when you restart your computer and open Photos, you have to hit Return the first time you want to Quick Look a photo. But after that, the space bar will work.

works thx

This worked after a restart and several closing and openings of the photos app

Thanks

Works perfectly, thanks.

Apple is supposed to avoid us having to do workarounds like this.

If Jobs were alive, someone would get the sack over this.

I've left feedback

www.apple.com/feedback/photos

everyone else who's annoyed should too.

The "solved" icon should NOT be on your post. You merely explained the problem better. The person who posted the (almost) perfectly functioning workaround, Eric in Boca, is the one who helped us. We came here for help so we could go on with our work in an efficient manner, not commentary, so please give the "Solved" designation to him.

Thanks! I just followed your link and left this feedback for Apple:

This is one of the most ridiculous, unnecessary, and out-of-touch changes I've ever seen. I have way more photos than videos, so your trying to somehow be consistent with video viewing in your shortcut change has caused me a huge amount of trouble. There is a good workaround published on line. You should check it out.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8554200?answerId=33928019022#33928019022

Sometimes the forum software marking another post as the correct answer, if there is a race condition in the network transfer. Probably you marked the correct post, Kenneth, but on the server my post got marked. I could ask the hosts to remove my reply completely, and then your question would probably have the solved mark, which would not help much. There is something else very strange - Eric in Boca's solution has already 11 well deserved Helpful marks. This alone should have kicked it automatically to the top of the discussion, but that is not happening for some reason.