I am trying to keep my fingers on the keyboard as much as possible and would like to be completely mouse-free in some applications, such as Sublime Text. E.g., I can initiate a file opening or closing using just the keyboard but I do not know how to navigate close or open file dialogs using the keyboard alone. More specifically, how do I switch between selected buttons? E.g. tabbing works in other OSs I am familiar with (e.g. Windows and Linux KDE) but here I cannot tab between Save and Cancel buttons when I want to close a file.
How to switch select between buttons using only keyboard
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If I get right you want cmd+option + (→ or ←)
And also you can change any shortcuts by going to Eclipse Preferences (cmd ,) and chose general in left side window and select key then scroll to find your desired shortcuts.
Go to...
- System Preferences→Keyboard→Keyboard Shortcuts
and select All controls under Full Keyboard Access
- Now you can use ⇥ (tab) to switch between the dialog boxes.
- Note: Unlike in Windows, you need to hit space to trigger a highlighted box that is not the default one! (If this is not natural to you, here's something that helps many to remember tab and space rather than just enter. The space bar is the keyboard version of a one button mouse with the tab moving the mouse's pointer for you.)
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Best Answer
Using the tab key between save and cancel buttons works for OS X too. You only have to enable it:
From now on, when you see a OK/Cancel window the OK button is blue and can be pressed using the return key, and the cancel button has a outline which can be pressed using the space bar:
But the real trick is: You are now able to press the tab key to move the outline to another button and hit the space bar to press the highlighted button.