Using keyboard to control dialog box

Do you still use the trackpad or the mouse to click one of the button that s not highlighted on a dialogbox? For example, when you close the Safari (using Command + Q) which has more than 1 tab ( Assuming you’ve set the Preference to warn you whenenver you are closing the browser that has more than 1 tab), you will end up with a warning dialog box asking you if you are sure to close the browser.

The default button is the Quit button which is highlighted, and the Cancel button has a semi highlighted surround it.

If you press Enter/Return immediately, you wil accept the ‘Quit’ command and close the browser. What about if you change your mind that you don’t want to close it?

Just press Spacebar.

Sometime there are 3 button, i.e. ‘Don’t Save’, ‘Cancel’, and ‘Save’. To accept the ‘Don’t Save’, just press Spacebar, to Cancel just press ‘ESC’ and to save it, just press Enter/Return.

What about if there is no button is highlighted? Simple, just use our tab key to navigate it