MacOS – How to select an item from the icon bar alongside the menu bar using only keyboard keys

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I have intermittent problems using a built-in MacBook mouse (another story), and need to select the Bluetooth icon from the menu bar using only the keyboard:

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It appears that the shortcut keys Ctrl-F2 (or Ctrl-Fn-F2) allows me to navigate to the menu bar (it selects the Apple menu initially), but Right doesn't allow me to navigate to the icon bar.

How can I get there and select an item from that icon using only the keyboard?

Best Answer

I ran into this shortcut by accident; my own question was the related one to yours: where is this configured, and how can I disable it?

Here is the answer to that:

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In system preferences -> keyboard -> "shortcuts" tab -> "keyboard" list entry -> last item in the list is "Move focus to status menus."

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