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I just recently switched from Windows and *nix to OS X, and I miss being able to hit F6 to go straight to my Address Bar. What's the OS X equivalent?

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To switch quickly to the Address Bar use:

  • Mac/OS X: ⌘+L
  • Win/Linux: Ctrl+L
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  • IIRC cmd+L works also in Safari, Firefox and Opera; and ctrl+L does the same magic in Windows' versions of the browsers — though not in the same manner in IE: it opens up an Open URL dialog.
    – Jari Keinänen
    Apr 9 '11 at 11:13
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    ⌘+L doesn't work for me in Chrome 61 for Mac/OS X. Only works in Firefox
    – OMA
    Oct 25 '17 at 14:08
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    How do you switch back to the main pane?
    – Dan Nissenbaum
    Jan 26 '18 at 2:48
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    @DanNissenbaum, by pressing a 'Tab' key
    – Ilya Kolesnikov
    Oct 24 '18 at 8:59
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Catch and remap your keystroke in the browser.

Using Google Chrome 75.0.3770.100 64 bit on a MacOS Mojave 10.14.4.

Chrome should tell you what your shortcut is under File -> Open Location...: enter image description here

Clearly the shortcut is command-L

But you want to change that keystroke to be Command-e, like old times.

  1. Open System Preferences -> keyboard
  2. Go to Shortcuts tab -> App Shortcuts
  3. Click the plus to add a new Application specific key remapping.
  4. Choose Google Chrome.
  5. Use the string: Open Location... case sensitive, include space and dots.
  6. Use the hotkey detector and type command-e.
  7. Click add and close to save. Restart Chrome. Press your new key.
  8. The File -> Open Location... command should be executed.

Visual:

enter image description here

This remap appears to occur somewhere between how the Application negotiates the keymaps between itself and the operating system.

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    Works for me nicely with Cmd key, but not with Option (Alt) +something unfortunately.
    – rafi
    Oct 31 '19 at 14:42
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    My command+L stopped working somehow. Even if it is what it shows next "Open Location...". So I had to remap it to something else using this method, thank you.
    – tozCSS
    May 11 '20 at 18:01
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    Yes, using the Alt key is not working, which is unfortunate because the command on Windows, which I'm trying to match, is Alt+D.
    – Paul Wintz
    Jul 12 '21 at 23:21
  • Also, most of step 7 ("Click add and close to save. Restart Chrome. Press your new key") is unnecessary on Big Sur. The menu in Chrome shows the updated shortcut as soon as you click "add."
    – Paul Wintz
    Jul 12 '21 at 23:23

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