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I would like to override the keyboard-shortcut for a particular built-in action in finder (OS X 10.6.7).
An example would be to override the Cmd+N for a New Finder Window to some other action, say Open a blank Text document.
I can create the service for opening a blank Text document in automator – and I can map a new keyboard shortcut for this – but the new keyboard shortcut will not override a default keyboard shortcut.
I do not want to install any 3rd party applications (like QuickSilver).
The easiest for what you are doing would be to use the open-source program DoubleCommand.
Here is a view of the interface:
As you can see it is extremely customizable. If that doens't fulfill your needs, there is also Karabiner (formerly known as KeyRemap4MacBook).
There is also a shareware program called LiteSwitchX that completely replaces the switcher with an even cooler and more customizable one that I will eventually get around to installing.
I hope this helps.
You can also use a combination of two programs: Application Enhancer (by Unsanity, free) and PullTab (open source and free). PullTab ONLY removes the shortcut from use so it depends on exactly what you're looking for. Application Enhancer (APE as it's commonly called) also has WindowShadeX and MenuMaster, which I recommend at least checking out.
I'm going to continue looking for a non-third party way to disable this, I may edit it again.
Also, press cmd+` (command + backtick: backtick is directly under Escape, with the tilde) to cycle through the current application's windows rather than cycling through each application.
When you are in the application switcher, you can also press Q and/or H and the currently selected application will be quitted or hidden.
Check your keyboard layout in System Preferences » Language & Text » Input Sources, where you can also activate the Keyboard Viewer shown below.
With the Canadian French (CSA) layout, the back tick key is to the left of Return while you hold the Option key (not the "highlighted" one — it's a dead key —, the one to its lower right).
With the Canadian English layout, it's to the right of the left Shift key, without modifiers.
For other layouts, enable Keyboard Viewer in the Input Sources screen of System Preferences, then open it via the the Input Sources menu bar item on the right, and try a combination of Opt, Ctrl, and Shift to find the back tick key.
Note that in System Preferences » Keyboard » Keyboard Shortcuts, you can change the keyboard shortcut for the window switching command.
Best Answer
You could try to remove the keyboard shortcut from Finder, as per this answer of mine, in collaboration with @Arjan:
(not on OS X right now, replace text with actual label)
Maybe then the keyboard shortcut for the Service will work.