[X Newbies] hitting alert buttons with keyboard

[leigh]

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

> 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?

I use full keyboard access. Keyboard & Mouse prefs, keyboard tab.  It 
will not only tab to the other button in dialogs, but also it will tab 
to interface elements like checkboxes; it puts a thin blue outline 
around them to select them. Use spacebar to activate the selected item.