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Kar98
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Oct 27, 2007, 10:37 AM
 
Ok, to activate Quick Look in Finder, you can either ctrl click or right click and pick Quick Look from the context menu, or highlight the item with a single click and then press command and y, or highlight and press the space bar. Seems slow and cumbersome to me. How would I go about assigning a middle click to this function in Finder, which would make much more sense?

Why does it only mention cmd y in the help, and the shortcut that is much more elegant (highlight with mouse, press space bar) is omitted?

     
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Oct 27, 2007, 10:47 AM
 
You could also click the object and then the QuickLook icon in the Finder toolbar. It's the one that looks like an eye.
     
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Oct 27, 2007, 10:51 AM
 
OK, that's another option that's not mentioned in help. Also, the eye isn't there by default, is it?
     
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Oct 27, 2007, 11:04 AM
 
It was on my 10.5 install.
     
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Oct 27, 2007, 11:09 AM
 
also there by default on mine.
     
   
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