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bozeefus

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Dec 18, 2008
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Hi, I just have a quick question regarding pop-up windows in general.

It's hard for me to explain so take a look at the screenshot:



As you can see, the pop-up window provides 2 options: "Don't add" and "Add".

My question is:
-is there a way to select the "add" option using the keyboard only?

in windows, u could move the left/right directional keys to select accordingly or press the letter key that was underlined. i know when u shut down your macbook, and it shows the options "restart, sleep, cancel, shutdown", you can hit the letter "R" to initiate restart. in this case, however, i can't press "A" to initiate "add"

*** this is a general question on pop-up windows and not just the one in the screenshot

edit: i sincerely apologize for the topic title! after reading it, i realized it made absolutely no sense haha. too bad i can't change it :/
 
Depending on the dialog, you can sometimes press command+first letter. I know in Don't Save/Cancel/Save dialogs, you can select Don't Save with command+D.
 
Depending on the dialog, you can sometimes press command+first letter. I know in Don't Save/Cancel/Save dialogs, you can select Don't Save with command+D.

hmm i was thinking that but when i press cmd+A, it just closes it. i guess it's inconsistent among different dialogs

thanks for reply though
 
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