[X Newbies] hitting alert buttons with keyboard

[Norman Cohen]

Try typing the first letter of the button. For example, if there is a 
button "Don't Save" and it is not the default button, type "d". This 
will usually choose the Don't Save option.

Norm
On Jan 21, 2004, at 7:02 AM, Ben Gold wrote:

> In OS X (10.3), when an alert comes up ("save changes" for example), 
> usually one button is solid blue and if I hit the return/enter key it 
> will activate that button.
>
> Now on OS 9 I could tab to the other buttons and hit them too.  On OS 
> X, the tab key moves a blue highlight to the other buttons, but does 
> not move the solid blue color, and enter does not hit the key that is 
> highlighted, it still hits the solid blue key.
>
> What does the highlight mean? it seems useless.  How can I tab to a 
> button in an alert and hit return/enter to activate it?
>
> -Ben Gold
Norman Cohen
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