Comments on: Quick Tip: Selecting “Don’t Save” From the Keyboard

By: Jono

Jono — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 06:43:11 +0000

Bah, I’ve been hoping for something like for ages, not realising it was already there *blush*.
In Adobe apps you can hit the D key for ‘Don’t Save’ & I’ve always wanted a quick way of not saving for TextEdit.

⌘D will do just fine. And thanks for the ‘hit Space’ tip dave, even better :)

By: Ramón

Ramón — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:00:08 +0000

This tip is exactly what I need. I go thru thousands of photos a week that I cull using preview.
Sometimes I make adjustments to them to determine if they’re what I want, and getting it out of my face without going to the mouse will save me steps – thanks!

By: Jack Mottram

Jack Mottram — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:52:33 +0000

It’s always annoyed me that this doesn’t tend to work with the ‘Agree’ and ‘Disagree’ buttons in pop-up software license agreements. (Admittedly, hitting tab then space isn’t a major hassle, but I’m very, very lazy when it comes to my keyboard shortcuts.)

By: dave

dave — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:34:48 +0000

Or, after you tab through the list of (usually 3) options, you can hit the space bar to select whichever has the “blue glow” behind it – “don’t save” is selected in most programs I use, aka: textmate :)