Does OS X have a Windows Shift + F10 equivalent? I need a keyboard shortcut to open the context menu without a mouse.
Keyboard shortcut to open context menu
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I always have the same question but I didn't find the answer yet.
In Windows, when we use the keyboard short-cuts we mostly use the Menu key in Windows keyboard:
When this Menu key is pressed, Windows will assume that you right-clicked the highlighted/active element > then it will show you the context menu even if the mouse pointer is not pointing to the highlighted element.
So this feature seems to be missing in Mac OS. And whatever suggested solutions, even Enable Mouse Key it always require you to point/move your mouse pointer to element first, which is meaningless. If I need to use the keyboard short-cut to open the context menu on the highlighted item, why do I need again to move the mouse pointer to it also. Somehow this is not a short-cut!!
For Bootcamp I'm using AutoHotkey app as a way to remap standard Windows keyboard switch combination to Command ⌘+Space.
I've just tried to remap right command key of my Apple Aluminum keyboard to become Context menu key and it works with editing AutoHotkey.aht configuration file and adding
RWin::AppsKey
as a key binding. You may read more on remapping with AutoHotKey here. And here is a list of key names.
Also, in Windows, Shift ⇧+F10 should act as a context menu shortcut but I can't attest since my F10 key is not working and I'm too lazy to boot into Windows again and remap it just to test it.)
Best Answer
As far as I can see, you have two options.
Mouse Keys
When using Mouse Keys, you can use the keyboard to move the cursor. If you have a numerical keypad, the numbers around 5 are used to move it and 5 is used to click. Without a keypad, it's mapped to the nine keys surrounding I (789/UIO/JKL).
Just like with a mouse or trackpad, you can hold ⌃ control while pressing 5 or I to bring up the context menu.
You can turn on Mouse Keys in System Preferences > Accessibility > Mouse & Trackpad, or enable the press-shift-five-times toggle shortcut, or press ⌥+⌘+F5 to bring up a window of Accessibility toggles, including Mouse Keys. This is important to know, as Mouse Keys makes typing impossible, at least without a number pad.
Third party utility
There are many applications that let you customize keyboard shortcuts, etc. There's BetterTouchTool (free), or Keyboard Maestro ($36), or several others. Any of these should let you create a shortcut to “right-click”.