Snow Leopard: A keyboard shortcut for accepting file extension changes

16. Nov, 2009 9 Comments

File extension dialog

When you modify or add an extension to a file name in 10.6 Snow Leopard’s Finder, you can now type Command+U in the dialog box to confirm the change. In 10.5 Leopard, you had to mouse and click.

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9 Responses to “Snow Leopard: A keyboard shortcut for accepting file extension changes”

  1. Klaus Reply 16. Nov, 2009 at 12:16 pm

    Thanks, might be useful for keyboard addicts

    COMMAND + . does that in German Snow Leopard

  2. Owen Reply 16. Nov, 2009 at 12:17 pm

    I still find this kind of thing frustrating after switching to Mac from Windows. Sometimes there’s a keyboard shortcut for this kind of dialog, sometimes there’s not. At least in Windows you can tell because the accesskey is underlined.

  3. Tom Reply 16. Nov, 2009 at 12:42 pm

    Actually, in Leopard you just have to press the space bar as the button for the new extension is highlighted accordingly. Pressing Enter leaves the previous extension but pressing space bar accepts the new extension.

  4. Andrew Reply 16. Nov, 2009 at 12:45 pm

    the problem is that this behavior isn’t uniform in osx. in windows, u hold alt and u can figure out which keyboard key to press. in osx, it’s a hit or miss even with native apps. I once asked someone at genius bar and they acted like I introduced a new concept to them =_=

    btw, if someone has a better idea of how the keyboard shortcuts apply to dialog boxes, i’m all ears

  5. Kris Reply 16. Nov, 2009 at 12:46 pm

    Actually, Cmd+Clear worked in 10.5 (see http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=200510181658193 for details).

    I was disappointed when it stopped working in 10.6, and am now happy to learn there is still a keyboard shortcut (and a better one, at that).

  6. Chris Cogdon Reply 16. Nov, 2009 at 1:24 pm

    Or, you can achieve the same effect by turning on Full Keyboard Access for “All Controls” (in the System Preferences for Keyboard). When you do that:

    “Enter” will activate the “default” button (the pulsing blue one). And “Space” will activate the currently focussed button (blue glow around the outside).

    The control thoughtfully makes the default, and current focus, different so you can:

    “Enter”: keep the current extension.
    “Space”: change the extension.

    “Command-U” is much nicer, though, and is consistent with many other confirmation windows that allow you to type “Command-FirstLetterOfButton”

  7. dinnie Reply 17. Nov, 2009 at 2:38 am

    You misspelled Leopard in the title.

    I know I am an ass for pointing this out.

  8. Dr's Reply 17. Nov, 2009 at 4:50 am

    In old Leopard you could press tab + space ,

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