OS X Mountain Lion: Shortcuts for Dashboard

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Shortcuts for Dashboard

You can use these shortcuts to work with Dashboard and Dashboard widgets.

Dashboard keyboard key

Action Shortcut

Show or hide Dashboard

Dashboard key

If your keyboard doesn’t have a Dashboard key, press F12 (Fn-F12 on a portable keyboard).

Reload the current widget

Command (⌘)-R

Show or hide the widget bar

Command (⌘)-Equal Sign (=)

Scroll the widget bar

Command (⌘)-Left Arrow, Command (⌘)-Right Arrow

To change the shortcuts for Dashboard, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, and then click Mission Control.

Last Modified: Sep 4, 2015
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