Allow opening menus with a shortcut a-la Alt+X accelerator on Windows

[eugenesvk]

I know there is a superior mode of finding actions via core.actions and that's also the one I'm using most of the time. However, organizing a list of commands in a menu also has some value as it's sometimes easier to "visually" remember where a command is without remembering it's shortcut or even an exact name So it would be great if there were an option to open a menu with a keybind, for example, AltT to open the Tools menu and then either use the shortcuts visible on the right side or keyboard/mouse to pick the right command/submenu

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... to open a menu with a keybind, for example, Alt-T to open the Tools menu ...

I believe this is limited by macOS, after all, this is the system level global menu bar. This is impossible to achieve (and even if it were, it would be very cumbersome).

One of the simplest features easily implemented under Linux, Windows, is not available under macOS.

Have you seen any other macOS program that can open a menu using a shortcut key? I'm very curious.

[eugenesvk]

This is impossible to achieve (and even if it were, it would be very cumbersome).

Of course it's possible, I am achieving it right now :) by mapping

• ⌥F to open a menu named "File" or
• ⌥V to open my custom menu named "👁 "

...in Keyboard Maestro

There could also be another way: invoke the "Move focus to the menu bar" command and then press F, but that's less convenient

It might be cumbersome for the app itself to do it, that I have no idea about, just thought there is no limit to perfection in such a keyboard-centric app like Marta :)

Have you seen any other macOS program that can open a menu using a shortcut key? I'm very curious

No, but great keyboard support is in general rather rare, so that's not a surprise that I haven't seen any such examples