[Macworld.com]

Rob Griffiths learns a simple way to just show a selected Spotlight search match in the Finder and shares it with the rest of us. [more]

[auren]

You just solved my biggest headache with spotlight. What a neat trick! I should've known Apple would have something this simple built in!!!!

[spimster]

alas .... simply being able to control-click on the results would be sweet
I can simply not understand why Apple hasn't included this at 10.4.8.
at ".0" I could have understood.

[Jias]

You can also just hold down command and press return.

[ice_cold_irony]

Does Apple and if not why don't they distrubute a list of these handy little shortcuts etc. that MOX Hints keeps slowly discovering...it seems like we won't know the full potential of 10.4.8 by the time leopard is out.

[JEB]

I love keyboard shortcuts. You might also share with others (beginners, new to the Mac) some Apple-Ninja moves, mostly initiated with a flick of the left-thumb on the Apple-Command key other keys (mostly on the left half) on the keyboard . . . :

Apple-Command key Tab / shortcut to rotate between app's that are running
Apple-Command key tilde ( ~ ) / for use with multiple windows open; very convenient for laptop use, ie between multiple Safari pages that are open

Apple-Command key H (hide) / very convenient; one of my favorite new shortcuts this year; Keeps app's running, but makes them disappear . . . ie You want to keep Mail running, but you can Hide it, allowing you to free up from screen clutter, and also still keep your mailbox active . . . then just "tab back" to it later when you want it.
Apple-Command key Cut / Vpaste / Xdelete / Bold / Zundo / All select / Save / Quit / Window close / Eject / Underline / Open / Print / Italicize etc etc etc . . . these can all be learned from the drop-down menus at the top of the screen . . .

And, just for fun, Shift F9 or F10 or F11 or F12 . . . or even without the Shift . . .
Here's a list from Apple "OSX Keyboard Commands":
http://docs.info.app...ml?artnum=75459

GO APPLE!!! GO SHORCUTS!!! /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Nobody]

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Sometimes its the simple things that make Spotlight a bit more useful for me!

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Such as the fact that Command-Spacebar is the zoom shortcut in most every graphics application.
It's up there with the Command-Option-Spacebar which is zoom out but Apple used inexplicably to rotate language keyboards to turn your typing into gibberish.

[griffman]

Thankfully easily reassigned (I love the Keyboard & Mouse preferences panel) for those who find it frustrating /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
-rob.

[d00d]

Rob, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

[whitedog]

I rarely use the Spotlight menu bar icon to do a search. It's way too awkward and utterly useless if you need to check more than one item in the results. It looks cool in Steve's demos but that's about the limit of its usefulness, in my opinion. Command-F (in the Finder) still works the best if you need to exercise some control over your search and the results - and the window doesn't disappear when you click on an item or folder. Or, if you want to search the folder you are in, the search bar works OK, though I never seem to remember the keyboard shortcut to focus on it. But that's just me. Clearly others have adapted to the Spotlight menu's quirks.
Though I love keyboard shortcuts too (I am visually impaired and they are, in fact, essential) there are only so many shortcuts I can juggle in my head. I have to draw the line somewhere and making the Spotlight menu jump through hoops is over that line in my book.

[Complexity]

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...there are only so many shortcuts I can juggle in my head.

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I love the shortcuts, but can never remember them all either. But I have found a widget that is very helpful: XCuts.
It is well organized with a search feature which makes it very easy to find a specific shortcut very quickly. Also, when not in use, it collapses to a tiny footprint so it doesn't take up a lot of valuable space in the dashboard window.
Something else I have found extremely helpful is when I have an app get stuck and seemingly freeze up all normal quit commands (menu, keystroke and even prevents the dock from coming up), I can still bring up the dashboard using F12. It's sometimes very slow to respond due to the problem app, but it usually does come up. And then I can get to XCuts to find the shortcuts to quit the app using other means that I cannot remember, such as that screen that you an evoke to quit an app, restart, etc.
I just checked, and it does have the spotlight shortcut first posted in this thread. It seems to be well packed with most, if not all, of the shortcuts, and it even has instructions for how to use shortcuts that require more than just pressing a combination of keys all at once.
P.S. I am not affiliated with XCuts in any way whatsoever. Just a happy user.

[EinEchterHeiner]

Using the arrow keys and hitting "Command" - "Return" also opens the selected item in finder. So you don't have to grab your mouse...