Open Bookmark in Bookmark Screen in Safari?

February 17, 2006 7:27 AM

What keystroke do I use to open the selected bookmark in Safari's Bookmarks screen?

You're in Safari's Bookmarks screen. You have a bookmark selected. You hit the Return key, and it prompts you for a new name. You hit Command-O and you're presented with an Open File dialog. Is there a way, using the keyboard and not using anything non-native to Safari (i.e., I know I could do something roundabout in Quicksilver) to open the selected bookmark in these circumstances?

posted by WCityMike to computers & internet (8 comments total)

Select a bookmark and hit the space bar.
posted by majick at 7:42 AM on February 17, 2006

Command-[down-arrow].
posted by nicwolff at 8:58 AM on February 17, 2006

I use double-click.
posted by olecranon at 9:44 AM on February 17, 2006

Second the space bar. Works every time, unless I'm missing something.
posted by lambchop1 at 10:18 AM on February 17, 2006

There doesn't seem to be one.
From the Safari Help:

Shortcuts for the Bookmarks Library

Action
Shortcut

Open the Bookmarks Library
⌘ + Option + B

Select the next bookmark or folder in a collection
Up or Down arrow keys

Open a folder in a collection
Right arrow key

Close a folder in a collection
Left arrow key

Open a folder in a collection and all the folders it contains
Option + Right arrow key

Close a folder in a collection and all the folders it contains
Option + Left arrow key

Change the name or address of a bookmark
Select the bookmark and press Return or Enter

Select the next bookmark name or address to change it if text is selected
Press the Tab key

Complete editing the text of a bookmark
Press the Return or Enter key

Delete a bookmark in the Bookmarks Library
Select it and press Delete
posted by UnclePlayground at 10:19 AM on February 17, 2006

OOF! grumble, grumble...

Space bar it is. Now why wouldn't they put that in the shortcuts I just provided?
posted by UnclePlayground at 10:21 AM on February 17, 2006

d'oh, sorry, i missed the "keyboard" specification in the question.
posted by olecranon at 10:22 AM on February 17, 2006

The spacebar is kind of the default "do the default action with the currently highlighted GUI element" keyboard shortcut in OS X, so it's possible that your shortcut list is only for the Safari-specific shortcut keys.
posted by Crosius at 1:31 PM on February 17, 2006