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  Five Favorite Annoyances
Subject:   I would love consistent and easy keyboard shortcuts
Date:   2004-12-01 06:45:14
From:   micampe
Response to: I would love consistent and easy keyboard shortcuts

Also,the dialogue box for Don't Save/Save As/Cancel etc. No indication wether you need Apple-d, ctrl-d or just d for don't save. You can't tab between options.


You can if you activate "full keyboard access", can't remember if it's in the keyboard or accessibility pane.


I still can't work out what the highlight ring around a button means. (2nd best option after the glowing button ?) What if a button is glowing, and has the highlight ring around it?


As far as I can tell, the ring means "keyboard focus is here" and the glow means "default button". Enter will activate the default button while space will activate the keyboard focused button.


P.S: not trying to defend Apple here, just trying to relieve you from some annoyances ;)
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  • I would love consistent and easy keyboard shortcuts
    2004-12-01 07:51:54  will_macdonald [Reply | View]

    I just looked in preferneces -> Keyboard & Mouse and my enable full keyboard access has been checked all the time. I still don't see any clues about what is the keyboard shortcut.
    • I would love consistent and easy keyboard shortcuts
      2004-12-22 02:22:42  WurdBendur [Reply | View]

      You can hit tab to move that focus ring around. As for the shortcuts, just hit d for Don't Save, escape for Cancel, and return for Save, or use the keyboard focus.
      These aren't always reliable, but they work most of the time. It just depends on the application you're using.