How to remove or change keyboard shortcuts for this top menu?

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August 2, 2023
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I want to turn off or change the keyboard shortcuts for this menu as they share the same shortcut key as tools and it's really irritating.

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Correct answer Barb Binder

Hi @Corrupt abyss:

Are you on Windows? You need to hold the Alt key to access the dropdown menus, ie, Alt+ V to open the View menu. But just V to choose the Select tool.

Perhaps you can change the operating system shortcuts, I don't know. You can modify the InDesign tool shortcuts in Edit > Keyboard shortcuts > Product area: Tools.

~Barb

Barb Binder

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Hi @Corrupt abyss:

Ah. It does make sense now—it didn't initially. I work on Macs so it's a non-issue. Hopefully you'll be back on your Mac soon.

In the meantime, perhaps pressing Esc—which is the other shortcut for the Selection tool—will be helpful?

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

Barb Binder

Correct answer

Community Expert

Hi @Corrupt abyss:

Are you on Windows? You need to hold the Alt key to access the dropdown menus, ie, Alt+ V to open the View menu. But just V to choose the Select tool.

Perhaps you can change the operating system shortcuts, I don't know. You can modify the InDesign tool shortcuts in Edit > Keyboard shortcuts > Product area: Tools.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

Corrupt abyssAuthor

Inspiring

To better explain what's happening is I use alt to scroll zoom in InDesign and even if I take my finger off the alt key and press V it still opens the View menu at the top because the "zoom out" tool is still in use. I hope that makes sense. It's just a minor annoyance but one I didn't have when working on a Mac. I'm just doing some work on a PC right now and noticed this issue. I'll look into changing system keyboard shortcuts if it becomes too annoying. Thanks.

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