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Strange behavior within MS Word: using Command-Shift-L launches Safari sometimes

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The issue was a bit difficult to find: that shortcut is linked to "Search with Google". But the result is that Safari is launched - with whatever is in the clipboard as the search query to google.

The resolution is to uncheck the "Search with Google" checkbox in the services | shortcuts | searching area. Afterwards the Mac shortcut for bulleted paragraph works properly (and always)

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r/MacOSBeta on Reddit: Cmd + L shortcut on Safari does not work anymore

September 23, 2021 -

To select address bar, Cmd + L short is disabled. Working in previous beta. Not working on 12.0 Beta (21A5522h).

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OH MY GOD! NOT WORKING IN MONTEREY. does anybody know hot to it fix now? Downloaded monterey just days ago.

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Restart the system?

Apple Community

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Shift + Cmd + L Shortcut Not Working in Safari

August 16, 2023 - The sift+ command + L is not working. Have switched off any conflicting shortcut from system settings -> keyboard -> shortcuts -> services ->search · Only bing search was assigned the same. Which is now deactivated, but in vain. Please look into this, it is critical to be able to access the sidebar effectively and efficiently. Such snags are limiting safari...

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Bring the best of human thought ... at your work. Explore Stack Internal ... It seems that Command-Shift-L were tied to safari. It is however also tied to "create bulleted list" in Word - which is an action I happen to (want to) do frequently. How does one change or disable the built-in shortcuts for apps (in this case safari) ? Update I found the following under system preferences | keyboard |shortcuts|apps · But as you can see there is nothing specific to ... More on apple.stackexchange.com

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April 8, 2015

Keyboard Shortcut (SHIFT+CMD+L) fails intermittently

The SHIFT+CMD+L keyboard has been failing over time since updating to Mac OS 12.3. Restarting Safari resolves the issue, but the shortcut will eventually stop working again. MacOS: 12.3 Safari: Version 15.4 (17613.1.17.1.6) Bitwarden (App Store version): 1.31.3 Bitwarden Extension: 1.56.5 More on community.bitwarden.com

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March 25, 2022

Keyboard Shortcut (SHIFT+CMD+L) fails intermittently

The SHIFT+CMD+L keyboard has been ... Safari resolves the issue, but the shortcut will eventually stop working again. This has been confirmed by multiple users as discussed at https://community.bitwarden.com/t/keyboard-shortcut-shift-cmd-l-fails-intermittently/39515 · Keyboard shortcut should fill credentials reliably · Keyboard shortcut does not fill credentials ... More on github.com

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March 27, 2022

Safari: Keyboard Shortcut not Working

Hello, I have an intermittent problem with Safari 15 on MacOS 12. Most of the time I cannot get the Cmd + Shift + L to work with auto fill. Even if I restart Safari, the problem persists. Any known info for this? Thanks in advance! More on community.bitwarden.com

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November 20, 2021

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September 26, 2021 - It does not show up in the (top) Windows-menu. for me it was bound to key-shortcut CMD-‘tilde’ Anyone know if this is going to be fixed ? or where to bug-report this ? i’m really missing this MacOS-wide function. It does work in other applications like Finder, Pages, Numbers, Mail, …. Regards Arno 413 8 ... Shortcut is working after restarting my Mac.

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The issue was a bit difficult to find: that shortcut is linked to "Search with Google". But the result is that Safari is launched - with whatever is in the clipboard as the search query to google.

The resolution is to uncheck the "Search with Google" checkbox in the services | shortcuts | searching area. Afterwards the Mac shortcut for bulleted paragraph works properly (and always)

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When Word is the frontmost application, all keyboard shortcuts are sent to it. Therefore ⇧⌘L will create a bulleted list before any other action that is set to it.

⇧⌘L is not a standard keyboard shortcut for Safari, therefore you need to look for whatever app has set up this keyboard shortcut to override Word.

Bitwarden

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Keyboard Shortcut (SHIFT+CMD+L) fails intermittently - Password Manager - Bitwarden Community Forums

March 25, 2022 - The SHIFT+CMD+L keyboard has been failing over time since updating to Mac OS 12.3. Restarting Safari resolves the issue, but the shortcut will eventually stop working again. MacOS: 12.3 Safari: Version 15.4 (17613.1.17…

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Keyboard Shortcut (SHIFT+CMD+L) fails intermittently · Issue #2475 · bitwarden/clients

March 27, 2022 - The SHIFT+CMD+L keyboard has been failing over time since updating to Mac OS 12.3. Restarting Safari resolves the issue, but the shortcut will eventually stop working again. This has been confirmed by multiple users as discussed at ...

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Safari: Keyboard Shortcut not Working - Password Manager - Bitwarden Community Forums

November 20, 2021 - Hello, I have an intermittent problem with Safari 15 on MacOS 12. Most of the time I cannot get the Cmd + Shift + L to work with auto fill. Even if I restart Safari, the problem persists. Any known info for this? Thanks…

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r/Bitwarden on Reddit: "Cmd + Shift + L" autofill shortcut not working in Safari

March 21, 2022 -

I think this happened either after I updated macOS to 12.3 or after Bitwarden updated to 1.32.0.

I've tried these:

Uninstalled and reinstalled Bitwarden two times; once normally and once with AppCleaner to delete all Bitwarden-related files
Safari's shortcut for Show Sidebar and Hide Sidebar is also Cmd + Shift + L, so I changed that to something else
In macOS, there is a shortcut for "Search with Google" that's set to Cmd + Shift + L by default, so I changed that as well

None of them have worked. The only time I can get it to work is when I disable the extension (in Safari - Preferences - Extensions) and then re-enable it. Even then it only works one time and then stops working which is really weird lol.

I don't think it's a shortcut overlap problem because it worked fine for a few months, even when the Sidebar and Search with Google shortcuts were Cmd + Shift + L. I'm not sure what even caused it. I think the only other app I installed around the time this started happening is called Rectangle but I don't think that has anything to do with it.

For now I'm using Cmd + Shift + Y and then using my mouse to click the account that I want to autofill.

I'd appreciate any help.

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I’m also experiencing the lack of hotkey. Ugh. I installed the update last night and now I wish I hadn’t. I get one hotkey use per opening of Safari (or unchecking and rechecking the extension). That’s it. However, I noticed the context menu (right click) does still work. So that’s the workaround in the meantime. Or, as you said, cmd+shift+Y and click. Unfortunately I upgraded both Safari and Bitwarden last night, so it’s hard to pinpoint which one is the cause of the issue. I’m still on Big Sur though (11.6.5) so I think you can safely rule out Monterey. Unless that included an update to Safari? To be crystal clear, here’s what I did: Last night I applied Safari 15.4 and then shortly thereafter I updated (from the App Store) to Bitwarden desktop app 1.32.0 (which contains the Safari extension 1.56.6). I hadn’t noticed that the hotkey wasn’t working because I’m off today and I have only logged into one site today (so the hotkey worked). I’m glad to know about this today so that I won’t be banging my head against the wall tomorrow morning trying to login to a gazillion things. I don’t have time right now, but later I’ll look to see if this has been reported on GitHub yet. I hope they rush a fix for this because it is definitely an inconvenience not having use of the hotkey. Also, I have not logged all the way out and back in yet. Have you? Let me know if that somehow fixes the issue and I’ll do the same. Offtopic: I’ve also noticed lately that there’s a bug with unlocking with biometrics. Very often the vault does not stay unlocked. Doesn’t happen with a PIN. I’ll look on GitHub for that one, too.

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Hi everyone and thanks for flagging the issue. We're currently tracking it here . For now, you can use the following workaround: This appears to occur only when the extension is unlocked through an autofill attempt (CMD+SHIFT+L); If you unlock the Safari extension the moment you open Safari, either by clicking on it or by pressing CMD+SHIFT+Y, the extension would then operate as expected and match and autofill vault items consistently.

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Mac Command L Not Working? Quick Fixes & Troubleshooting Guide - cookiesora.com

October 5, 2025 - Sometimes, the shortcut might not work if the application is running in the background or if another window is obscuring the active window. ” If a conflict is found, either disable the conflicting shortcut or reassign it to a different key combination. The “Command + L” shortcut on macOS ...

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r/Bitwarden on Reddit: Cmd + shift + L does nothing on Safari

December 14, 2024 -

Trying to setup the autofill shortcut but Cmd + shift + L does nothing on Safari. Cmd + shift + Y works and pulls up the Bitwarden menu.

Here's my Mac shortcut settings: https://imgoe.download/image/B1atp

MacOS: 15.2
Safari: 18.2
Bitwarden: 2025.1.0

Am I missing something?

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Is it possible there is a conflict on your Mac? https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6698794?sortBy=rank

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Same as opera, macos

Bitwarden

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Keyboard Shortcut (SHIFT+CMD+L) fails intermittently - Page 2 - Password Manager - Bitwarden Community Forums

March 30, 2022 - The SHIFT+CMD+L keyboard has been failing over time since updating to Mac OS 12.3. Restarting Safari resolves the issue, but the shortcut will eventually stop working again. MacOS: 12.3 Safari: Version 15.4 (17613.1.17…

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All You Need is the Command-L Keyboard Shortcut - by Christian Boyce

September 24, 2024 - Since this is not usually what you want, and it’s something I get calls about all the time (“My mail keeps disappearing as soon as I read it”) I think you should try this while you’re thinking about it so you can see how it works, so you can undo it when you next do it by accident down the road. In the Apple Address Book, Command-L toggles between the Editing view and the non-Editing view. Faster and easier than reaching for the mouse and clicking “Edit.” · In Preview, Command-L rotates the document to the left. ... In Safari, and in Firefox, Command-L sends focus to the address bar (the place where you normally click to type “www.christianboyce.com” or possibly some other site).

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CMD+SHIFT+L behaviour – IDEs Support (IntelliJ Platform) | JetBrains

May 4, 2018 - This is a default macOS shortcut, you can disable it at System Settings | Keyboard | Shortcuts | Services| Search with Google. https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/180038/strange-behavior-within-ms-word-using-command-shift-l-launches-s...

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May 22, 2010 - Even more peculiar is that my work computer, a new 27" iMac running the very same OS and the very same versin of Safari does not have this issue; the shortcut works fine there. Any insigth is appreciated. Thanks. ... I was going to suggest checking System Preferences/Keyboard/Keyboard Shortcuts to see if any alternate behavior for command-` is defined for Safari. But then when I did that myself, I found that the modified keyboard shortcuts I've been using in Safari at least since Leopard were not showing up there, even though they still worked.

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A list of keyboard shortcuts for Safari. Search and filter shortcuts to find what will speed up your workflow. See all combinations mapped onto a virtual keyboard. Add these shortcuts to your personal collections to build your knowledge base.

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Keyboard shortcuts and gestures in Safari on Mac - Apple Support

See the shortcuts and gestures ... in Safari menus in the menu bar. In app menus, keyboard shortcuts are represented by symbols. Note: Keyboard shortcuts in apps may vary depending on the language and keyboard layout you’re using on your Mac. If the shortcuts below don’t work as you expect, ...

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How do I select the url bar with a keyboard shortcut? - Software - MPU Talk

November 3, 2021 - On Big Sur and every previous version of macOS, I used command-L to select the address bar in Safari. I actually do this quite frequently and on Monterey, it doesn’t work. This is frustrating me way more than it probably…

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Command key shortcuts don't work anymore … - Apple Community

October 3, 2017 - It worked for me as well; I removed all languages except the main one and now cmd-shortcuts work again in Safari. Problem solved. Kudos to ... THANKS, this worked for me, too!! Shortcuts are working in Safari and Firefox!! ... Thank you for the solution stevedeluxe. This was driving me crazy, and adding work time! ... This thread has been closed by the system or the community team. You may vote for any posts you find helpful, or search the Community for additional answers. Command key shortcuts don't work anymore in Safari since upgrade to Yosemite!

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30 keyboard shortcuts Mac users need to know – Computerworld

March 18, 2025 - The combination that can change your life, Command-Space invokes Spotlight, just depress these keys and start typing your query. (I guess you know about Command-tab already?) The fastest way to make a search or navigate to a Website in Safari, Command-L instantly selects the address bar: start typing your query, and select the appropriate choice using the up/down arrows on the keyboard.

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I was with the exactly same problem.

Try to stop using Safari profiles. It seems that is a problem with the shortcut when you use different profiles. It worked for me.

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Just found this post looking for the answer to the same problem, I ended up discovering that in Keyboard Shortcuts...> Mission Control > Stage Manager. I just deselect it and selected it again and all is good now. Hope that helps if you're still looking for the solution.