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I'd like to be able to search Emacs's Mac menu bar entries using the keyboard, as you normally do in most other Mac applications using s-? (this answer suggest that it should be possible?).

I've unbound s-? from calling info, but that has not helped in allowing me to access the help search via the keyboard.

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  • What does this have to do with Emacs? Is this about the Emacs menu-bar (e.g. a Mac menu in the Emacs menu-bar)? If so, use [La Carte](https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/LaCarte) or `t-m-m-mode`. If this isn't about Emacs, please delete the question. Thx. – Drew Jul 10 '20 at 01:52
  • I updated the question to clarify; I assumed Emacs was implied given where I posted it. La Carte does not seem to use the native mac menu bar; helpful, but not quite what I'm looking for I think. – avv Jul 10 '20 at 03:40
  • I still don't understand. What does the "native mac menu bar" have to do with Emacs? Is that used for the Emacs menu-bar? If so, then how/why doesn't La Carte or `t-m-mode` work? You don't make clear the relation between the "native mac menu bar" and Emacs. Does Emacs make use of that native menu bar? If not, then how is this a question about Emacs? – Drew Jul 10 '20 at 15:28
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    At least on my system, emacs on Mac (whether the standard version or the Mitsuharu version) *does* use the native Mac menu bar, and it does show the search field. However it does not bind the menu search to a key. I don't believe there is a way to access the menu search from emacs. – amitp Jul 10 '20 at 19:47
  • BTW, I meant `tmm-menubar`, not `t-m-mode`. – Drew Jul 11 '20 at 16:25

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I don't believe there is a way to access the menu search feature from Emacs directly, but there is a workaround if you are using the Mitsuharu version of Mac Emacs: use M-x menu-bar-open, then type the standard key Cmd-? to open the menu search. You might try binding s-? to menu-bar-open so that you can get to the search by pressing it twice.

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