|
|
Activate some dialog boxes via first-letter key presses
Usually when a dialog window pops up I will tab through the buttons until a blue ring appears around the one I want. Then I just hit spacebar. In fact any time a button (default or not) that has the blue ring around it, hitting spacebar will press it.
Activate some dialog boxes via first-letter key presses
Been like this for years or at least it has been with the Sleep, Shutdown, restart, cancel box when pressing the power button...
tab and spacebar method
For the tab and spacebar method to work, full keyboard access must be set to all controls under keyboard shortcuts in the keyboard and mouse preferences.
tab and spacebar method
Sadly, even with "Full Keyboard Access" enabled, the interface is horribly inconsistent from app to app -- even some OSX dialog boxes and "sheets" sometimes fail to respond to tabbing. Again, I sure wish OSX was internally consistent, at least. |
SearchFrom our Sponsor...Latest Mountain Lion HintsWhat's New:HintsNo new hintsComments last 2 daysLinks last 2 weeksNo recent new linksWhat's New in the Forums?
Hints by TopicNews from Macworld
From Our Sponsors |
|
Copyright © 2014 IDG Consumer & SMB (Privacy Policy) Contact Us All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. |
Visit other IDG sites: |
|
|
|
Created this page in 0.10 seconds |
|