Navigate your Mac with just your keyboard.
With macOS Monterey, Apple bolstered its Full Keyboard Access features so that you can rely less on the mouse or trackpad to navigate the user interface. You’ll find these settings in System Preferences > Accessibility > Keyboard in macOS Monterey.
In macOS Big Sur, the Keyboard settings in Accessibility have two sections: Hardware and Accessibility Keyboard. In macOS Monterey, Apple added a third section: Navigation (the Hardware section is still there, and Accessibility Keyboard has been renamed as Viewer). Let’s go over the settings in each section.
Navigation
The Navigation section of Keyboard provides settings that allow you to navigate the Mac UI without using a mouse or trackpad. The setting here is called Full Keyboard Access and when it’s turned on, you can do the following:
- Use the Tab button to navigate though all controls, including window chrome and desktop/device services.
- Use the spacebar to activate a selected item.
- Use the arrow keys to navigate within a group.
- Use Option-Command-D to access the Dock
- Use Control-F2 to go to the menu bar
Read more at MacWorld.com

