Bug 92382 - "Cmd + ?" should open help on macOS rather than F1
Summary: "Cmd + ?" should open help on macOS rather than F1
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
Inherited From OOo
Hardware: Other macOS (All)
: medium enhancement
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Depends on: Customize-Dialog-Keyboard
Blocks: macOS-UI-polish Shortcuts-Mac
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Reported: 2015-06-27 12:53 UTC by Dennis Roczek
Modified: 2025-10-21 21:30 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Help menu that appears after pressing Command-? in Safari on macOS Tahoe (254.91 KB, image/png)
2025-10-21 14:59 UTC, Patrick (volunteer)
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Screenshot Help menu (28.02 KB, image/jpeg)
2025-10-21 15:05 UTC, Heiko Tietze
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App Shortcut to delete or disable (598.83 KB, image/png)
2025-10-21 21:30 UTC, Patrick (volunteer)
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Description Dennis Roczek 2015-06-27 12:53:29 UTC
Apple uses systemwide command + ? for opening the help. We should od that to and not using F1 as on other operating systems.
Comment 1 Alex Thurgood 2015-06-28 08:42:09 UTC
Agreed
Comment 2 j_mach_wust 2015-06-29 19:44:16 UTC
Disagree. What Cmd-? does in Mac applications is not opening the help. Instead, Cmd-? opens the help menu and puts the focus to its search field. From that search field, all menu entries can be searched. This works perfectly fine in the current LibreOffice 4.4.3.2 – no need for any fixes.
Comment 3 Dennis Roczek 2015-07-25 16:21:49 UTC
cmd-? opens the help. Go to the addressbook or in textedit and hit Cmd-?
The help opens for that application. Even Opera Software's Opera12 opens a web page explaining how to use the browser.

In LibO4.4.3.2 nothing happens when hitting Cmd-?

Or did I misunderstood you @j_mach_wust ?
Comment 4 Robinson Tryon (qubit) 2015-12-14 06:18:14 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 5 Robinson Tryon (qubit) 2016-02-18 14:52:14 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 6 Xisco Faulí 2020-03-09 13:28:16 UTC
Please add keyword 'needsUXEval' and CC 'libreoffice-ux-advise@lists.freedesktop.org' if input from UX is needed.
Comment 7 Heiko Tietze 2023-10-16 14:30:44 UTC
Dennis is right, the menu of standard apps lists this key combination as shortcut and command + ? (even on the German keyboard cmd+shift+ß) opens the help / user guide.

So yes, we should change the default on macOS.

Not sure about the easyhackability, removing the keyword.
Comment 8 Heiko Tietze 2025-10-21 10:45:30 UTC
MSO has assigned Cmd+? to the help, F1 does nothing. 

KEY_F1 is hard-coded to the help at various places. It requires some work around bug 41560 first.
Comment 9 Patrick (volunteer) 2025-10-21 12:12:46 UTC Comment hidden (off-topic)
Comment 10 Patrick (volunteer) 2025-10-21 12:20:40 UTC Comment hidden (off-topic)
Comment 11 Heiko Tietze 2025-10-21 13:14:56 UTC Comment hidden (off-topic)
Comment 12 Patrick (volunteer) 2025-10-21 14:58:33 UTC Comment hidden (off-topic)
Comment 13 Patrick (volunteer) 2025-10-21 14:59:22 UTC Comment hidden (off-topic)
Comment 14 Heiko Tietze 2025-10-21 15:05:19 UTC Comment hidden (off-topic)
Comment 15 Patrick (volunteer) 2025-10-21 16:40:18 UTC Comment hidden (off-topic)
Comment 16 Patrick (volunteer) 2025-10-21 21:30:07 UTC Comment hidden (off-topic)