How to edit content in a cell - how can u set a shortcut to do that

Question

so i have been left clicking to change the content. how do you do that on the keyboard? i found a list of shortcuts under some menu in numbers, but i couldnt set the shortcuts myself
thanks alot, this will save me soooo much time

Answer 1

There is a partial solution to this that will allow you to enter the formula editor for any selected cell from the keyboard:
1. In System Preferences, select the "Keyboard Shortcuts" section of the Keyboard & Mouse" preference.
2. Click the plus box button below the list to add a shortcut.
3. In the drop down sheet, from the "Application:" popup that defaults to "All Applications," choose Numbers if it is listed (it probably will not be) or if not, scroll to the end of the list & select "Others..." & navigate to Numbers in the Application folder & choose it. (The basic idea is to create an application-specific keyboard shortcut for Numbers.)
4. In the "Menu Title:" text box type "Formula Editor" (without the quotes)
5. Select the "Keyboard Shortcut:" box & press the keys for the desired keyboard shortcut. This can be anything that includes one or more modifier keys (Command, Control, Option, etc.), but to prevent conflicts, choose something not already in use & not something that would be a character you would want to enter in a cell.)
6. Click the "Add" button, then scroll down in the shortcuts list window to the "Application Keyboard Shortcuts" section, click the triangle to show them, & check that the shortcut is listed, & that not yellow warning triangle appears, signifying a shortcut conflict.
7. If Numbers is running, quit & relaunch it so that the shortcut will take effect.
As noted above, this only helps with cells that have, or will have, formulas in them. It works exactly like the menu command Insert>Function>Formula Editor: If the cell does not currently have a formula but some literal value, the formula popup will not include it, & if you then click the "Accept" button, type a return, tab, etc., the literal value will be replaced. If the cell already has a formula, the formula popup will not replace it but instead will move the insertion point to after the last character in the existing formula.
The same technique will work for adding keyboard shortcuts to any other Numbers menu item.
Had there been an "Enter cell editor" (or something like that) menu command, presumably this would have allowed a complete solution, but there doesn't even seem to be an official name for doing that -- the documentation refers to it only procedurally, as in 'click again' or the like. Obviously, there is no need for the menu item other than for this, so a complete solution will have to wait for a new version of the app.