Keyboard to select options in dialogue boxes

[Cams]

I'm running Leopard on my new iMac. On Windows, when presented with a dialogue box such as Don't Save / Save / Cancel, I could use either the cursor keys to move between the options and hit the return key to select it OR use the assigned letter key for the option I wanted. On Leopard there seems to be no way to do this and I have to reach for the mouse. This is getting more and more annoying so I thought I would ask here if there is a way to use the keyboard to do this.

Anyone know?

Thanks
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[Jasonbot]

It's quite simple. All you need to do is tab to the correct option (it will have a blue ring around it) and space bar to select.

But first you need to put full keyboard access on:

 

[Cams]

Brilliant! Thank you so much Jasonbot. The screenshot was most helpful too (how did you do that?) - there's no Print Screen button!

It's really comforting to know that these forums are here and that folks are so helpful around these here parts.

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[dcv]

The screenshot was most helpful too (how did you do that?) - there's no Print Screen button!

^Look at the screenshot again for the shortcuts otherwise you should find an application called Grab (I think it lives in the applications\utilities folder)

 

[Jasonbot]

^Look at the screenshot again for the shortcuts otherwise you should find an application called Grab (I think it lives in the applications\utilities folder)

lol yeah, its cmd-shift-4 then drag teh area you want. Grab is quite primitive in my opinion.