Given the following options at the bottom of a dialogue box:
If I press Enter (return) key, it will select Cancel, the default selected button. What's the keyboard shortcut to select Delete option instead?
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It is also the tab key. The difference to Windows is, that the "return" key always pushes the default button (which is the colored one). The currently selected button (which can be changed using the tab key) is marked through a colored border. If you'd like to push this button, you have to press the space bar.
For this to work you must have it enabled in System Preferences / Keyboard / Shortcuts
Safari 8.0 does: Press and hold the Control key for a moment while you’re editing the location and you’ll see the search icon turn into an icon indicating that it’s interpreting the input as (part of) a URL instead of performing a search. The label “Search selected search engine” next to your text will change to “Go to Site” and the ‘Go to Site “your text”’ menu item in the completions list will be selected. Typing Control+Return will navigate there.
By the way, you can use Control+N (next) and Control+P (previous) to navigate through the completions list using the keyboard. (These are emacs-style navigation key bindings.)
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Best Answer
There is no set keyboard shortcut for the Delete button in this case. If you have enabled full-keyboard access in System Preferences → Keyboard → Shortcuts, you can use the Tab key to move focus to the Delete button, and press Space or Enter key to invoke the Delete command.
Using the Tab key, you can move the focus to the Delete button.