Make right-clicking on OSX accessible via a keyboard shortcut

Right Click.applescript

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A [native solution][1] exists but it suffers from a major flaw: it right-clicks where the cursor is, not what on the selection.
This code addresses that limitation, though it only works on Finder windows and not the Desktop.
You can install it as a [Finder Service, and later asign it a keyboard shortcut][2].

[1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9171613/right-click-shortcut-for-mac-lion-os
[2]: http://www.macosxautomation.com/services/learn/tut01/index.html

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tell application "Finder"
  if not frontmost then tell me to error "Finder is not the frontmost app"

  set selected_items to the selection
  if selected_items is {} then tell me to error "Nothing selected!"

  set on_desktop to (insertion location as alias) is (path to desktop folder)
end tell

tell application "System Events" to tell process "Finder"
  if on_desktop then
    tell group 1 of scroll area 1 to tell (image 1 whose value of attribute "AXFilename" is the name of (item 1 of selected_items)) to perform action "AXShowMenu"
  else
    tell value of attribute "AXFocusedUIElement" to perform action "AXShowMenu"
  end if
end tell

I thought I had found a solution for a keystroke to right-click but for some reason, this command will not work in the download folder. Even after a computer restart. Alas, the dream of a no-mouse mac experience shall not be. Awesome work though hopefully, someone will figure this out system-wide.

this command will not work in the download folder.

I see no reason why that would be the case (it’s just another Finder directory, it’s not special), neither can I reproduce (it works fine for me).

How are you executing the command? I'm using Raycast

Wierd it works everywhere else in column view but on in list view in my downloads folder

Through Alfred. The Workflow has worked fine for eight years.

If anyone is having problems with the script there seems to be a conflict with using the tab view in finder with Raycast (macOS 11.4). I haven't checked if the script works in Script Kit but as mentioned in the thread above Alfred seems to be working solidly.