10.6: View full screen Quick Look via the keyboard

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Mon, Sep 7 2009 at 7:30AM PDT • Contributed by: Anonymous

Pressing Option-Space pulls up the full-screen Quick Look view in Finder under Snow Leopard. This may be documented somewhere, but I haven't been able to find it.

[robg adds: It's documented if you hold down the Option key and look at the File menu. With the Option key down, Quick Look (selection) becomes Slideshow (selection).]

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10.6: View full screen Quick Look via the keyboard
Authored by: mistersquid on Mon, Sep 7 2009 at 8:18AM PDT

thx for the heads-up on this.

10.6: View full screen Quick Look via the keyboard
Authored by: ephraim on Mon, Sep 7 2009 at 11:49AM PDT

This isn't only in Snow Leopard -- works as described here in 10.5.8.

10.6: View full screen Quick Look via the keyboard
Authored by: garythemacguy on Mon, Sep 7 2009 at 11:59AM PDT

Not for me it doesn't. 10.5.8. Highlight a JPG file on the desktop and press [space] provokes regular Quick Look behaviour. opt-[space] deselects the JPG and highlights the file on the Desktop whose name comes first alphabetically.

Unless you're referring to the File > Quick Look "your file" which has the shortcut cmd-Y. Pressing opt-cmd-Y from the keyboard does go to slideshow mode.

10.6: View full screen Quick Look via the keyboard
Authored by: marclipovsky on Mon, Sep 7 2009 at 1:14PM PDT

yeah this was available thru leopard as well. Command + Option + Y

10.6: View full screen Quick Look via the keyboard
Authored by: jonbaer on Mon, Sep 7 2009 at 5:06PM PDT

Just FYI, you can also use the 2 finger pinch on the trackpad when QuickLook(ing) to go to full screen and back as well ...

10.6: View full screen Quick Look via the keyboard
Authored by: incogenator on Wed, Oct 21 2009 at 5:47AM PDT

thank you for suggesting the trackpad tip. it works nicely and is pretty impressive.

10.6: View full screen Quick Look via the keyboard
Authored by: raneil on Tue, Sep 8 2009 at 11:14AM PDT

It should be noted that this appears to be a Finder-only feature. It does not work (or simply has not been implemented) in several other Apps that support QuickLook (Path Finder, FileSpot, Yep).

10.6: View full screen Quick Look via the keyboard
Authored by: PizzaCake on Tue, Sep 8 2009 at 11:56AM PDT

press escape to get out of full screen view

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