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I just installed a menubar application and would like to assign a global keyboard shortcut to one of its operations. Is there any easy way to determine if the key combination I want to use conflicts with an existing one? Do I need to look at each category in the Keyboard Preference pane?

I am running OS X 10.6.7.

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Did you even manage to assign such a shortcut that works? I've just tried it, but I do not see an option for a global shortcut. I seems like you can only create Application Shortcuts that will work when currently working within that application. – gentmatt Dec 31 '11 at 8:50

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You can check on the Keyboard shortcuts Preferences panes if the shortcut is alreaady attributed.

If it is, there will be a yellow sign with an exclamation mark to notify you that it's taken.

It might not take in consideration global shortcuts from other apps. But at least, you'll have native ones.

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While there are various sites including Apple that list the default combinations, I'm not sure of any way of listing your own (including any changes you might have made). I'd say the handiest way is to try the combination you want and see if it does anything. If not, you should be good to go. If it does something, you'll need to change one or the other.

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