Shortcuts in Swing? (question for pals from Apple)

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi Scott,

On Tue, 22 Nov 2011, Scott Kovatch wrote:

> On the Mac, Alt maps to the option key, which is what you use in
> combination with other keys to type many non-ASCII Roman symbols. The
> equivalent behavior of Alt on Windows or Linux is the Command key. This
> has always been the case on the Mac.

Actually, that is not true. The _Control_ key on Windows or Linux is
equivalent to the Command key on MacOSX.

As far as I know, there are no accelerators to open menus on MacOSX. On
Windows and Linux, you frequently have underscores under one letter of the
menu label (which you might only see when you hold the Alt key down in
modern UIs, something I have yet to learn a good reason for) and when you
hit Alt plus that letter, the corresponding menu opens.

For example, it is a common assumption by a Windows/Linux person that
Alt+F opens the File menu.

Frankly, I miss this functionality on MacOSX -- I am one of the few people
who prefers that gadget with the 105 pressable items to the gadget with
only one -- but hopefully some expert will enlighten me that it exists and
how I can trigger it.

Ciao,
Johannes