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I am trying to add Option-i | u for "Find usages" as shown in this dialog (Note that the "i" is lowercase - shift is not depressed):

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But after having selected OK and then going back into Actions we see that the setting did not "take":

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Note: I do have custom keymap entries to use Option- for accessing Main Menu items. But why is Option not working in this case? Is there a workaround?

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On macOS, "Option" is used for typing special characters, thus when editor is focused and you hit Option-I the shortcut you assigned won't work (it will type a character instead). However, when no editing field is selected, the shortcut should work (e.g. from tool windows).

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  • @StephenBoesch as for workaround, please check out [this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11876485/how-to-disable-typing-special-characters-when-pressing-option-key-in-mac-os-x). – Arseniy Nisnevich Jan 20 '21 at 19:03
  • Actually I am already using an alternate input keyboard with blanks created by ukelele – WestCoastProjects Jan 20 '21 at 19:30