# Dictionary/right-click menu on MacOS not working

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**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [April 9, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/dictionary-right-click-menu-on-macos-not-working/43423 "2024-04-09T20:49:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![mousier-viewers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@mousier-viewers](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/mousier-viewers)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/dictionary-right-click-menu-on-macos-not-working/43423/1 "2024-04-09T20:49:17Z")

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In MacOS, in most applications pressing Cmd-Ctrl-D on a highlighted word opens a dictionary popup. It can also be triggered with right click → look up. When studying cards, the shortcut doesn’t work and in right click, the only option is Copy. I am really missing this functionality, it works in almost every other app I use and it would be really useful in vocabulary cards.

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**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 6:26am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/dictionary-right-click-menu-on-macos-not-working/43423/2 "2024-04-10T06:26:21Z")

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Anki is built on a cross-platform toolkit, which unfortunately does not support all platform-specific behaviour.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 6:26am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/dictionary-right-click-menu-on-macos-not-working/43423/3 "2024-05-10T06:26:35Z")

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