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Show HN: ShowMeYourHotKeys – A macOS app to show applications menu shortcuts
Hi everyone,
ShowMeYourHotKeys is a macOS application I worked for the last months. This app shows the frontmost app's menu items shortcuts (it also have some other features)
There is a beta version available on the website.
Accessibility permission is necessary to obtain menu items informations and Full disk Access is necessary to create custom shortcuts.
I would love to hear all the feedbacks and suggestions.
Thank you for your attention.
- kayodelycaon 4y agoFor anyone who doesn't know, Shift + Command + / will let you search the menu bar. It'll show you which menu/sub-menu a command is under.
- behnamoh 4y agoRaycast and Paletro provide a better UI for this. Especially Paletro remembers your last choice so you don't have to search for commands over and over. Really helpful when working with mouse-heavy apps.
- CharlesW 4y agoFor other Raycast users who didn't know it could do this, use the "Search Menu Items" command.
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- o-o- 4y agoWhoa! Been a mac user since 1986 and never knew of this.
- dkjaudyeqooe 4y agoDitto, but it doesn't work in 10.14.6, so it's probably a (very) recent addition.
- CGamesPlay 4y agoNaw, it's been there since 10.0.0. Without a shortcut: use the text field in the "Help" menu.
- brewmarche 4y agoIt’s quite an old feature. Check whether you have disabled or changed the shortcut under System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts > All Applications > Show Help Menu. The default shortcut might also differ between keyboard layouts. As the sibling comment said you can also use the text box in the Help menu by clicking it.
- TheRealWatson 4y agoInteresting but it doesn't seem to activate the menu item for me. Can I make the menu item be invoked once I found it? Hitting return does nothing.
- kitsunesoba 4y agoUnder Ventura 13.0.1 it works as expected for me. Shift + Command + /, down arrow to select result, hit return activates it.
- Wevah 4y agoIt might depend on which key your question mark is on, if not using a US layout.
- leodriesch 4y agoHow is this different from Cheatsheet? https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/cheatsheet https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/cheatsheet
- Amorymeltzer 4y agoHomepage link since I use it myself: https://www.mediaatelier.com/CheatSheet/ https://www.mediaatelier.com/CheatSheet/
- throwaway675309 4y agoI've had great success with cheatsheet. @trevize84, would also be interested in knowing how your app distinguishes itself.
- trevize84 4y agoMy reply to @leodriesch list the main differences with the great CheatSheet app.
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- greggh 4y agoI have to have Cheatsheet and Shortcat installed on every Mac I use.
- trevize84 4y agoThis app offers several display options for the main window which can be useful for big screen or setup with multiples screens. Hot keys can be bookmarked. Bookmarked hot keys are always displayed on the top of the hot keys list. There is filter options on menu item title and/or pressed keys. The app has some other features like custom hot keys, hot keys database (all showed hot keys are saved in a database), cheat sheet print and on screen hot key display while typing. This application is not perfect and will be improved over time.
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- alden5 4y ago"v1.13(14) - expires on 1/12/2022 (DD/MM/YYYY)" damn, I've never heard of software "expireing" on a certain date, cool app though
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- pocketarc 4y agoOdds are they just didn’t test on older versions. It’s one person building an app and they’ve made it clear it’s a beta. There’s no reason to be cynical about it, or to launch into hyperbole.
- vehemenz 4y agoYou know, you don't have to buy anything new. It's not a violation of your principles to buy a used Mac from 2017.
- trevize84 4y agoI understand your point of view. But supporting previous system versions requires resources and time that I don't have at the moment. But this is one of the goals to be achieved.
- vladstudio 4y agoalso, there is a wonderful little app called ShortCat: https://shortcat.app https://shortcat.app it does much more though, and may not be for everyone's taste.
- scoot 4y agoInstalled one of these and it pops up all the time when I hesitate on the command key, despite which I never use, it even though I'm a fan of keyboard shortcuts. I guess I should uninstall it!
- trevize84 4y agoI have faced this kind of problem during the development of ShowMeYourHotKeys. The "long press key" can be disabled in settings. There is a way to interrupt the popups before it shows by clicking on a mouse button. I admit its not very intuitive and I have some ideas that should be more convenient.
- i_like_apis 4y agoOn the landing page, is the image of sublime text supposed to be an animation? On mobile it’s just a picture of the text editor. I don’t see any picture of the product.
- trevize84 4y agoIt’s an animation that shows how works the app but it seems not working on mobile for now.
- chrsig 4y agoI'm interested in this. I use a mac for work, but not personal use, and have a hard time remembering some keyboard shortcuts. One thing I'd want is a legend for key symbol -> key name text. I use an external keyboard without any ctrl/alt/option symbols on them. I get the symbols mixed up quite a bit. They're not how I think about those keys, and it's always frustrating to me to have to figure out which is which based on a symbol. Also curious if it works with jetbrains products?
- trevize84 4y agoIt should be not difficult to add the key name text with ‘on screen hot keys’ option. Thanks for the idea. For the jetbrains products, to be honest I didn’t test it for now but if it has a menu it should works.
- Terretta 4y agoSee https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33575970 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33575970 about providing for people at work. Great use case, just make sure employers can buy it at some retail price in the Apple Business Manager for ABE or inTune or etc.
- trevize84 4y agoThank you for the link. I'll take a look at it.
- superb-owl 4y agoThis should be called SHOW ME WHAT YOU HOT I'll see myself out.
- quyleanh 4y agoI'm currently using CheatSheet [1[ and it fits my need. [1] https://www.mediaatelier.com/CheatSheet/ https://www.mediaatelier.com/CheatSheet/
- nbzso 4y agoThanks a lot. This fits my needs perfectly. Simple and quick.
- macshome 4y agoSame here, I like that it imitates the iOS behavior when holding the command key down.
- Martinussen 4y agoCheatSheet made me realise how often I hold modifier keys while thinking about my next few actions. I wish it had slightly more flexible settings so it wouldn't keep getting in the way - but OP might be a good alternative for people like me
- andrethegiant 4y agoFYI there's a typo on the landing page -- "shorcuts" → "shortcuts"
- trevize84 4y agoThank you
- frabjoused 4y agoIt's mildly irritating that the only screenshot on the website is small, can't be expanded and if I stare at it I don't know what I'm looking at.
- trevize84 4y agoYou’re right. The website will be updated with more screenshots and videos.
- pierreac 4y agoWhat must app engineers do so your app can see the short cut information?
- trevize84 4y agoThe app list all the app's menu items shortcuts. There's nothing special to do except use a menu in the app.
- replwoacause 4y agoRaycast lets you search menu items which is nice.
- fenixk 4y agoI really, really like this. Tried the CheatSheet but I like this better (at least on a quick 5 minute test) Nice work.
- fenixk 4y agoI really, really like this. Tried the CheatSheet but I like this better (at least on a quick 5 minute test) Nice work. On confusing thing: on the settings where you have the "press 3 times" etc. It looks like the 3 keys that are not chosen are selected/active. And the one selected key looks like it's not selected :)
- trevize84 4y agoThank you :-) I really appreciate. The choice of colors is not very intuitive. Until I revamp this part some text under the keys which should help distinguish the keys combinations.
- Terretta 4y agoExpires on YYYY-MM-DD and you don't have to explain your date format. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601 Cool app. With lots of new-to-MacOS users, I've downloaded this to share with a few to try. When you do sell it, make sure you offer a full price option so companies using Mobile Device Management (MDM) can buy it for employees. Apps with only IAP or Subscription cannot be provided to employees. Apps with a retail price work.
- trevize84 4y agoI hope you'll find this app useful. And thank you for the advices.