Is there a Keyboard shortcut to take me to the Finder from anywhere else?

Question

I thought for sure there would be a keyboard command for this but I can't find it anywhere. I would like a keyboard shortcut so no matter where I am I can select the Finder, but without tabbing through applications.
Does this exist or can I create one? I looked at the Keyboard System Pref and don't see a way to create the shortcut either.
Any advice? Thanks.

Answer 1

...or can I create one?
Here's another possibility...
See if you can locate an AppleScript named Switch to Finder.scpt. It may be located in your /Library/Scripts/Finder Scripts folder. In case you don't find it, here is the script:
tell application "Finder"
activate
set visible of every process whose visible is true and name is not "Finder" to false
end tell
Open the script in your Script Editor and save the script as an application (uncheck the Startup Screen option).
Search Versiontracker or MacUpdate for a suitable keyboard hot key program. The one I like is Spark. Use this program to assign a function key or the key combination of your choice to launch the AppleScript application Switch to Finder.
As an aside... if you the the reverse the words "true" and false" in the above script, and save as an application using the Script Editor, you'll have another script and, in turn, another keyboard command option available. You might name this one "Show All."
Once you've set up hot keys with Spark, close the program and leave the Spark Daemon running in the background. It's unobtrusive and has a small footprint. (The Spark Daemon uses less than 5 MB RAM and virtually 0.00 % CPU on my machine.)
Just an idea. Good luck...
Andrew99
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