I change the prompt with list action to allow multiple selections. Is there any way to select highlighted items from the list using a keyboard shortcut instead of needing to hold command + click with the mouse? In other words, is there a keyboard shortcut equivalent for Cmd+Left Mouse Click? [ima…

I don’t know, but if there was it would probably be specific to keyboard maestro and not applicable to all macOS apps.

[image] Macs_Productivity: In other words, is there a keyboard shortcut equivalent for Cmd+Left Mouse Click? Yep -- but it's an Accessibility option and you'll have to enable Mouse Keys. The I key then acts as left-click. Probably not the answer you were looking for, but I don't think there'…

[image] Nige_S: Yep -- but it's an Accessibility option and you'll have to enable Mouse Keys. The I key then acts as left-click. Although I'm a heavy user of Accessibility features, I had no idea about that. I will eagerly investigate. There's no mention of that in the System Settings app whe…

I should add that if you have an Extended Keyboard then you can use the numberpad -- 5 is the button-click, the other numbers move the pointer as appropriate i.e. 7 moves it "north-west".

[image] Nige_S: I should add that if you have an Extended Keyboard then you can use the numberpad -- 5 is the button-click, the other numbers move the pointer as appropriate i.e. 7 moves it "north-west". I knew that one. I didn't find that feature very useful. I just didn't know about the "I"…

Thanks! @peternlewis Can I request this as a potential feature? Something like shift+enter might make sense. Probably a pretty low-priority feature, though.

[image] Macs_Productivity: Can I request this as a potential feature? Something like shift+enter might make sense. Probably a pretty low-priority feature, though. For clarity, and maybe consistency, what should Cmd+LeftClick do if the item being clicked on is already selected... invert the se…

I don’t see how I would do this since the selection and the position of what you are trying to select is the same thing. There isn’t any way (outside the Accessibility stuff which is not normal Mac behaviour) to move around the list independent of the selection. If you have multiple items selected,…

[image] peternlewis: At which point any kind of “shift-enter” does not make sense. I understand, but why does the help page say this: If a single entry is returned, it is returned by itself (no newline character). If multiple entries are returned, they will be returned as multiple lines, ea…

[image] Airy: I understand, but why does the help page say this: If configured to return multiple selections, you can return multiple values. You just can’t use the keyboard to select an additional, disconnected entry since there is no independent selection.

Keyboard shortcut to select items from prompt with list action (multiple selections)?

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noisneil October 22, 2025, 11:54am 14

There's also this:

You can use ← to select individual items or hold ↑ or ↓ while holding ⇧ to select multiple contiguous items.

Keyboard shortcut to select items from prompt with list action (multiple selections)?

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