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marold280

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Wow ! this is fantastic ! say if you have more than one tab open in safari. and you press quit. you know that little box comes up
"are you sure you want to quit?"

I just discovered that wherever the mouse is on the screen it will move to the quit button, so you dont have to move the mouse to click it. i believe this is the case for other things, empty the trash etc...

Give it a try!

EDIT : its only safari. have 2 tabs open. hit command Q.
 
There are a number of add-ons that provide this functionality. Some, like LazyMouse, have it as the primary focus, while others, like Sidetrack, offer it as part of a larger package of mouse/trackpad customizations.

Got any of that stuff installed?
 
ah i have add on which i dont actually use. but thats what is doing it :S

thanks :) just wanted an explanation.
i also use the return key its much more satisfying :D
 
For the life of me, I've seen this behavior before and can't remember if it was a plug-in, a feature on certain specific software or a system wide preference.

You could set it so that anytime a pop-up window showed, you had the cursor automatically appear on the blue button.

Maybe somebody else will remember what I'm talking about and chime in.
 
You can turn this on in the Tabs settings for Safari. Screenshot included.
 

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You can turn this on in the Tabs settings for Safari. Screenshot included.

Nothing on that preference pane (or any other Safari preference pane) addresses automatic movement of the mouse pointer.
 
Wow ! this is fantastic ! say if you have more than one tab open in safari. and you press quit. you know that little box comes up
"are you sure you want to quit?"

EDIT : its only safari. have 2 tabs open. hit command Q.

Nothing on that preference pane (or any other Safari preference pane) addresses automatic movement of the mouse pointer.

Strictly addressing the message.
 
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