Using Apple Numbers, I often want to drop a future date into a cell for assignment due dates for example and I'd much prefer to use a date picker. I feel that I should just be able to right-click in the cell and choose "Date Picker" and boom, a little calendar pops up. Loads of applications work this way.
Numbers indeed has a date picker, but you have to jump through a few hoops to get there.
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Click in cell where you want a date
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Go to the menu item Insert / Date & Time to insert today's date & time
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Click on the date in the cell and a window will pop up that allows you to format the date. It also has the date picker. If you are editing a cell where you a previously inserted a date, you will have to click a few times to get to the window to appear. One click to select the cell, another to select the date the cell, and a third to get the window to appear.
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Click on the date picker icon in the window to open the date picker.
You can use the date picker on cells where you used Insert Date & Time (or copy/pasted one) but apparently not on cells where you have typed a date yourself.
I have crafted up a solution with Keyboard Maestro triggered by a hotkey but sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it finds the calendar button to click and sometimes it doesn't
I'm sure someone has a more elegant solution than mine but my goal is to get the date picker as quickly as possible with no friction points.
Thanks in advance,
Bill
