MacOS – Unable to type the shortcut Command-Shift-B on Yosemite

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On Yosemite (Mac OS X 10.10.4) I'm not able use the shortcut Command–Shift–B, while Command–Shift–<another-letter> works as expected.

I've double checked this in the Keyboard Viewer: pressing Shift, Command and B simultaneously won't show the B button as pressed.

That is, this is what I see when pressing the 3 buttons:

Same goes by pressing Shift–Command and then clicking the B in the Keyboard Viewer with the mouse pointer.

Is there any setting that might prevent the B from getting pressed?

Best Answer

If you have ClipMenu installed, the default key bind for the snippets menu is CMD+Shift+B.

To get this shortcut working in other programs, you'll need to either disable the shortcut or change it to another combination in ClipMenu Preferences:

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