I'm on an 11.5" Macbook Air, so screen real estate is important to me. I currently have the menu bar set to auto-hide, but I want to be able to show the menu bar with a keyboard shortcut. Any ideas out there to do this without hacking something together?
4 Answers
System Prefs > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Keyboard
Move focus to the Menu Bar [default Ctrl ⌃ F2 ]
If you wish, you can then navigate the menu with the arrow keys - but it will pop the menu bar into view; Esc to close it without further interaction.
I recommend Shift+Command+/. It's the keyboard shortcut for a menu bar search. So it reveals the menu bar like Ctrl⌃+F2 does, with the added benefit of putting your cursor in the search field so you can quickly type the command you want and hit enter.
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This does not work for me anymore (MacOS Ventura) since Cmd + ? is now the Help-window and ? is exactly Shift+/. See my question apple.stackexchange.com/questions/457469/…– johk95Mar 21, 2023 at 16:54
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If the standard
Ctrl⌃ + F2
does not work try
Ctrl⌃ + F2 + FN