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The following keyboard shortcuts can be configured in LaunchBar Preferences > Shortcuts:
In addition, the following Clipboard History related keyboard shortcuts can be configured in LaunchBar Preferences > Clipboard:
By default LaunchBar can be activated using the Command-Space keyboard shortcut in order to start a new search for an item from LaunchBar’s index.
Pressing this shortcut not only activates LaunchBar, but also reliably resets LaunchBar to an initial state for starting a new abbreviation search. It aborts any pending text input, abbreviation search, sub-search or send-to operation.
Pressing the “Search in LaunchBar” keyboard shortcut repeatedly (with the modifier key kept pressed) allows you to quickly switch between running applications.
If you press and hold the “Search in LaunchBar” shortcut for a short moment you can trigger Instant Send in order to send text or files that are selected in other applications to LaunchBar.
Command-Space is by far the most conveniently accessible shortcut. And once you’ve got used to LaunchBar, you will probably invoke this shortcut very often, therefore convenient access is an important consideration.
Unfortunately the Command-Space shortcut may conflict with other applications that also use this convenient shortcut by default.
The Command-Space shortcut conflicts with the OS X default shortcut for the Spotlight menu. You should therefore choose a different shortcut either in the Spotlight pane of System Preferences or in the Keyboard Shortcuts pane of LaunchBar Preferences.
Command-Space is also used to activate the “Zoom Tool” in Adobe programs like Photoshop or Illustrator. You can use the following technique to work around this conflict: If you press Space-Command instead of Command-Space in Photoshop/Illustrator (press the space bar before the Command key) you get the Zoom Tool instead of invoking the Command-Space shortcut.
If you wish to use the OS X Input menu shortcut for switching input sources (which also defaults to Command-Space), you can choose a different shortcut in System Preferences > Language & Text > Input Sources.