Comments on: switching between buttons in a dialog box

By: Fife Self Catering

Fife Self Catering — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:25:46 +0000

How many home runs can you hit…

Once again, thanks a million for the quality article….

By: Emilio Camargo

Emilio Camargo — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 02:19:47 +0000

I’m impressed! You’ve managed the aolmst impossible.

By: G4 user

G4 user — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:12:07 +0000

Thank you, using the TAB + SPACE now!

By: thankful

thankful — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:44:24 +0000

Thanks. Tabbing through controls stopped working for me 3-4 days ago and I have no idea how. Either I somehow hit the magic key combo or the latest OS X update reset this. Seeing how accidentally hitting fn+ctl+F7 is pretty unlikely, I’m guessing the latter.

By: curioustolearn

curioustolearn — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:29:28 +0000

Great tip! Thanks. Just switched to Mac from Windows last week and this is helpful. BTW, the ctrl+F7 tip does not work for me.

By: Marleen

Marleen — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:25:33 +0000

Hey people,
I have the same problem as Sven. In Photoshop I can’t use Tab (or any other key for that matter) to switch through buttons. Does anyone have a solution for that?

Greetings Marleen

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 03:48:35 +0000

Thank you! This issue has been a 5mo. annoyance, having to use the mouse to navigate my blending layer modes in Photoshop day-in day-out. I can’t wait to get to work Monday and try this out!

Thanks for posting keyboard shortcuts for drop down menus for Leopard on Google.

By: AndyfromTucson

AndyfromTucson — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:47:15 +0000

Thanks for posting this. As a recent convert from Windows having to reach for the mouse to deal with dialog boxes was driving me nuts, but thanks to you I have solved one of my last major Mac annoyances.

By: Paul O'Shannessy

Paul O'Shannessy — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:21:29 +0000

This has been bothering me since day one (~4 months ago). I consider myself good with computers and hate reaching for the mouse if I don’t have to. Thank you!

@David: Check comment #3 above for the specifics, or the shortcut mentioned in comment #16.

By: David

David — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:39:48 +0000

What I’d like to know is how to disable this in Leopard. Under Tiger, it worked as described in this tip. Under Leopard, even with “Full Keyboard Access, select All Controls” turned OFF, all controls are still cycled through with the Tab key. How can you return to tabbing just among text entry fields?