Set keyboard shortcut for nested menu selection

Solution 1:

Since Mountain Lion you can assign keyboard shortcuts to nested menu items using the following format:

File->Export->Sub-item

I found the answer in this post on the Apple Support Communities by the user macNtouch.

Please notice:

• you have to insert the full path: partial paths will not work
• you must not leave any space between the menu title and the arrow

Solution 2:

I realize this is an old thread but I was currently struggling with the same issue, in Filemaker Pro Advanced.

It turned out that if I put the shortcut in the "All Applications" section in System Preferences, instead of the Filemaker Pro Advanced section, it worked!!

This only applies to nested menu items. Non-nested works as they should (ie in the FM Pro Advanced section).

Solution 3:

MacNTouch's answer still works perfectly on High Sierra and Mojave. I wanted to set up a shortcut for printing checks in QuickBooks 2019 Mac, but just creating a keyboard shortcut for the submenu Checks… would place the shortcut on File Import Checks…

Using the whole path, File->Print Forms->Checks… now puts my ^P on the correct Checks… submenu. You must use the whole path and the arrows must be a hyphen and greater than, all with no spaces.