Changing Blend mode in Layer Style

On a Mac is there a shortcut to change the blend mode of the layer inside the Layer Style dialog box?? On a pc you can click on the blend mode menu and then once it's highlighted you can cycle through with arrow keys. I know outside of the Layer Style dialog you can Shift and + or - with the move tool, but the advantage of doing this inside of your layer style dialog is it doens't affect your history. Plus it's something I would like to be able to do with blend modes of any Layer Style effect. Thanks.

Actually no there isnt. The Option Shift Blend mode shortcuts should really work here but don't

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[..\..\Src\CutlistRenderer.cpp-717]
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That's a good point.
I guess that Multiply (for Shadow) and Screen (for Glow) are really the "go to" blends for these effects, and including any other options beyond those is all just gravy.
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