Article:		Five Favorite Annoyances
Subject:		I would love consistent and easy keyboard shortcuts
Date:		2004-12-01 02:06:08
From:		will_macdonald
Why can't we have consistent & obvious keyboard shortcuts. eg: full screen in DVD player is apple-0, in Qtime it is Apple-f, Real it is Apple-4 !!!! They all play videos, so why can't they have the same shortcut for same task!!!! Find: in most programs it is Apple-f, in iTunes there is NO shortcut for find box !! 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. Even worse you get some buttons with no high-lighting, some have a ring round them and some have the button highlighted. It is impossible to work out which of the latter two buttons will be activated if you press return. 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? Sort it out Apple. At least show me what keyboard short cut I can use, even if they all have to be different.

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• I would love consistent and easy keyboard shortcuts
  2004-12-07 03:45:16  BjoernK [Reply | View]
  
  
  Press Command-Option-F.
  
  This will take you to the find box in the top right corner.
  
  It works the same in Safari (for the Google-find) and Finder.

• I would love consistent and easy keyboard shortcuts
  2004-12-01 12:27:21  sjk [Reply | View]
  
  
  Yeah, keyboard/mouse shortcut inconsistencies are high on my list of OS X annoyances. It may be worthwhile encouraging Apple to reimplement the shortcuts architecture, as discussed in John Gruber's under appreciated Losers, Weepers article. That's a more forward thinking strategy, with potential benefits for both users and developers.

• I would love consistent and easy keyboard shortcuts
  2004-12-01 06:45:14  micampe [Reply | View]
  
  
  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 ;)