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Is there a way to keep app menu open on-top after clicking?


This is useful for situations like changing multiple configurations from the same menu.

For example, in Photoshop I sometimes enable both "Grid" and "Layer edges" from the view/show menu, but to do that, I need to open this menu twice

Is there a way to keep the open menu on top after clicking? Sort of like with Command pressed.


Posted on Aug 4, 2022 12:47 PM

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Posted on Aug 4, 2022 1:13 PM

No. Applications are generally designed to provide the given menu once during a menu item selection and then the menu closes. This is common application menu behavior across macOS, Windows, Linux, and Unix operating systems.

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Aug 4, 2022 1:13 PM in response to MrBeef_IL

No. Applications are generally designed to provide the given menu once during a menu item selection and then the menu closes. This is common application menu behavior across macOS, Windows, Linux, and Unix operating systems.

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Aug 5, 2022 3:00 AM in response to MrBeef_IL

The quickest way to reach some menu (including submenus) is via a keyboard shortcut. This is especially useful when you use something a lot.

Many of the most used menu items have shortcuts, which you can see right next to the menu text. Once you do it a few times it becomes a natural thing to do. I mean, do you go to the Edit menu and choose Copy? I hope not, and that you press Command-C instead.


Besides all that, macOS lets you add YOUR OWN keyboard shortcuts, In System Preferences->Keyboard->Shortcuts, and they will show up immediately next to the menu items, and work just like the ones built-in to the applications.

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