Keyboard tricks in Dock stacks

2018-05-29

Note: For most of these keyboard commands, your stack must be in Grid View. Right-click on a Dock stack and choose View content as Grid. A small subset of the commands work in List View and Fan View.

Keyboard navigation commands

Action	Result
Tab or Right Arrow	Selects upper left item in the grid
Shift-Tab or Left Arrow	Selects “Show in Finder” which is the lower right item in the grid
Tab, Shift-Tab, and arrow keys	Navigate between items
Commmand-UpArrow	Navigate up to parent folder
Command-DownArrow	Navigate into selected folder
Space bar	Quick Look selected item
Command-Return	Reveal selected item in the Finder
Type characters	Select matching item

Some other interesting commands not related to keyboard navigation

Action	Result
Option-click file	Open file and leave stack open
Command-Shift-Plus/Minus	Increase/Decrease icon size
Command-click on stack or stack item	Reveal clicked on item in Finder
Option-Command-click on stack	Reveal contents of folder in Finder