[Editor's note: This doesn't seem to work on open/save dialogs, as the "Go" data entry box captures your keystrokes. It may be restricted to warning dialogs only, but I haven't come across one to test with yet.]
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I was removing MP3's from my iTunes list and it was giving me the "remove from library?" window. I was removing tons of songs and got sick of using the mouse, so I hit 'Y' and Bam! it worked. 'N' also works for no. Found out that 'C' works for cancel. Not sure which other apps may support these keys.
[Editor's note: This doesn't seem to work on open/save dialogs, as the "Go" data entry box captures your keystrokes. It may be restricted to warning dialogs only, but I haven't come across one to test with yet.]
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'Y' and 'N' keys are completely up to the developer
Don't expect 'Y' or 'N' to do anything in any regular dialog box. Coding support for them is completely up to the developer and very few take the time to do this as it's non-standard UI. Frankly, I'm surprised that Apple is letting its programmers get away with this; if someone hits the 'Y' or 'N' by accident, there are unintended consequences. That's why all the command + key combinations take TWO keys, just to avoid this sort of thing. Anyway, just for the record, BBEdit does this sort of thing also.
different keys in Italian!
Strangely, the keystroke were translated in Italian, so Yes is 'S' (Sì) and No is... guess?... 'N' (No)...
also works with other keys
This trick also works for many other dialog boxes. For example, when quitting an unsaved appleworks document, you'll get a dialog box that gives you the option to save, don't save, or cancel. you can type s, d, or [esc] to accomplish each of these functions
Also works for shutdown
If you press the power button to get the shutdown/restart/logout/cancel dialog, you can use s, r, l, esc to control that.
what dialogue
I cant find that dialogue, no matter what i do. How do you get it? When i push power it either goes to sleep or I hold and it shuts down. Am I doing something wrong? |
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