Running Actions With Keyboard Shortcuts After saving tags

General Discussion
1

I often make a change to a file or set of files & then proceed to run an action on said file(s) using a keyboard shortcut.

In these scenarios I usually click another random file or deselect the file(s) that I just saved / changed. The blinking typing cursor, if present means that a keyboard press of "ALT + A" will take me to a tag field (usually gets highlighted) & then any subsequent key clicks will overwrite said tag field instead of mp3tag running the action as it would if I had only selected a file & then immediately proceeded with my keyboard shortcut "ALT + A + C" for example.

The other workaround would be to trigger the action by clicking the action menu & selecting the action from there but this is often slower.

Is there any way to exit tag editing (remove my blinking cursor) without needing to deselect & subsequently reselect my target files?

I'm sure this is a simple oversight on my end but any help would be appreciated.

My end goal is simply to be able to change the year on 5 tracks for example, & then with those same files selected use a keyboard shortcut to trigger an action without needing to open the action menu manually or deselect & reselect my file(s).

2

Press the standard windows key F10 to enter the menu bar and then proceed from there with e.g.

3

On my end F10 is seemingly not bringing me to the menu bar. After hitting F10 and then following it up with ALT + A + C is typing C into my first field

4

You are right: do not use the Alt key.
As soon as you press F10 the focus should move to the first menu (probably "File") and then A should open the action menu