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    What can I do with this if I do not have a mouse?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Percybut, Sep 10, 2007.

  1. Percybut

    Percybut Notebook Consultant

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    Probably most of you have noticed this inconvenience. In a situation like this:

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    If I want to choose Cancel, I have to click the Cancel button with my mouse/trackpad.

    I am a big fan of always keeping my hands on the keyboard and I am wondering if there's a way to move the highlight onto the Cancel button without using the mouse?

    In this special case above, I know I can press ESC for the cancel button. But there are times when the highlight is on the Cancel button and I want to press OK, without using my mouse:
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    Thanks a lot :)
     
  2. liyang6688

    liyang6688 Notebook Guru

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    I think press (table)
     
  3. system_159

    system_159 Notebook Deity

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    press tab until the button you desire is highlighted, then spacebar.
     
  4. Percybut

    Percybut Notebook Consultant

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    That's what first comes to my mind, because that's how I do it in Windows.

    But the Tab Key just doesn't work for this under OS X.
     
  5. Percybut

    Percybut Notebook Consultant

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    Finally, I found the solution to this problem :)

    In order for the Tab key to work in this situation:
    System Preferences-> Keyboard&Mouse ->Keyboard Shortcuts
    select 'All controls' at the bottom

    After this, tab key+spacebar will work :)

    solution found at:
    http://www.tonyspencer.com/2006/05/02/tab-skips-select-form-fields-in-mac-browsers/
     
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    liyang6688 Notebook Guru

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