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This post is part of my Today I learned series in which I share all my web development learnings.

I've been a Mac user for a very long time and I think I just learned my new favorite shortcut from this massive post about macOS shortcuts.

Now, English isn't my first language and I still need to look up words daily. Usually, I use Google Translate or Raycast for this, but today I learned the macOS Dictionary app (which I barely use) provides inline help.

You can bring it up with ⌘⌃D (D for dictionary).

And because this functionality comes from an official macOS app, the shortcut works in the browser, PDFs, Slack, etc.

Example showing how to use the inline dictionary app via a shortcut.

Whoa! I'm amazed. 😱

Side note: someone pointed out that this inline help also shows up when doing a force click on the Mac trackpad, but I have most of the trackpad magic turned off because it drives me nuts.

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Frontend nerd with over ten years of experience, freelance dev, "Today I Learned" blogger, conference speaker, and Open Source maintainer.

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