Useful Mac OS X function key tricks
From Appleology.com, here are some useful function key tricks: Navigate through the dock, menu bar, and open windows with your keyboard.
- the F2 key enables you to navigate with the left side of the menu bar.
- the F3 key enables you to navigate the dock, using the left and right arrow keys to move between icons and the up and down arrow keys to view the navigate thought the contextual menu.
- the F4 key enables you to cycle through all of the open windows.
- the F8 key enables you to navigate through the right side of the menu bar. (Only works with some menu bar icons.)
Also, from the comments on that page:
Try Control F3, and then hold the alt button. Now press the left or right arrow, you can reposition icons in the dock!