Frequent Actions

• Open the shelf context menu
  • Control click (or right click) on the board of a shelf
• Open a folder as shelf
  • Use either the menu bar icon
  • The shelf context menu
  • The Finder context menu (under Services > Open as Shelf on Desktop)
• Close a shelf
  • Use the shelf context menu
• Change shelf item sort order
  • Use the shelf context menu
• Change the shelf design
  • Use the shelf context menu
• Change the shelf appearance (size/rotation/spacing)
  • Open the Preferences from the menu bar icon or shelf context menu
• Navigate to the parent folder
  • Click on the shelf label and select the folder from the menu that opens
• Open a folder that is already on a shelf
  • Single click on the folder

Different Mouse Clicks

Clicking on the selected item on a shelf:

• Single click on a file
  • Opens Quick Look window with preview of file
• Single click on a folder
  • Changes the shelf to show the contents of that folder
• Double click on a file or folder
  • Opens the file with its default application
  • Folders are opened in Finder
• Control click (or right click) on a file or folder
  • Reveals the file/folder in Finder

Drag & Drop

• Drop one or more files on a shelf
  • Files/folders are moved to the shelf folder and appear on the shelf
  • Files being dragged must be on the same volume as the shelf folder
• Select text in another application and drop it on a shelf
  • Creates a new file with the contents of the text selection
  • Depending on the text format this will create either:
    • .txt – plain text
    • .rtf – formatted text
    • .rtfd – formatted text with images
• Drag file/folder away from a shelf and drop into Finder or on the Desktop
  • Moves the file/folder to the new location
• Drag a file from a shelf into another application (e.g. Mail, TextEdit)
  • Depends on the application; probably inserts the file (e.g. as Mail attachment)
• Control click (or right click) and drag a file from a shelf into another application
  • Inserts the contents of the file being dragged into the application (e.g. Mail)
  • Works for text files (you could have a shelf with text snippets, for example)

Keybindings