# Navigating the Decks menu with arrow keys on MacOS

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**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [September 3, 2024, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/navigating-the-decks-menu-with-arrow-keys-on-macos/48954 "2024-09-03T12:03:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![RBer86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@RBer86](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/RBer86)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/navigating-the-decks-menu-with-arrow-keys-on-macos/48954/1 "2024-09-03T12:03:53Z")

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There appears to be no way to navigate the Decks menu with arrow keys, for example to highlight other decks and select them for reviewing. It’s the only time the mouse or a pointer is necessary. Is this a design constraint, or an issue with the MacOS version specifically? I have not used any other desktop versions of Anki. Thank you!

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**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/navigating-the-decks-menu-with-arrow-keys-on-macos/48954/2 "2024-09-03T13:58:41Z")

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In Windows, you can Tab through the list of Decks, and use Enter to select one to study. Does that work on MacOS?

[This is in addition to the keyboard shortcuts you can use to access the main actions and menu bar – [Studying - Anki Manual](https://docs.ankiweb.net/studying.html) .]

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**Author:** ![brainravens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/brainravens/32/23118_2.png) [@brainravens](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/brainravens)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/navigating-the-decks-menu-with-arrow-keys-on-macos/48954/3 "2024-09-03T14:55:32Z")

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I stumbled across this some time ago and it has been perfect for allowing me to do just what you describe (pretty sure this is the right one):

[https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1997961715](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1997961715)

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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:** [September 7, 2024, 5:48am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/navigating-the-decks-menu-with-arrow-keys-on-macos/48954/4 "2024-09-07T05:48:23Z")

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You can also do this with stock Anki by pressing /, then down, then enter.

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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:** [October 7, 2024, 5:48am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/navigating-the-decks-menu-with-arrow-keys-on-macos/48954/5 "2024-10-07T05:48:46Z")

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