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I know that there has been a similar question asked here very recently, but I was wondering if it was possible to tab between buttons on default Mac OS X dialog boxes?

I already have the "All Controls" option enabled in System Preferences->Keyboard and mouse->keyboard shortcuts, but no joy.

+1  A: 

Is there a specific dialog you're having trouble with? With "All controls" enabled I can tab around every control of every Mac OS X dialog I've tested just now.

Rufo Sanchez
+6  A: 

If you enable Full Keyboard Access by setting it to all controls, you should be able to tab between options and select by hitting spacebar, at least for OS X 10.5.

Rudd Zwolinski
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It's not the answer to the question but I feel it's relevant. You can tab backwards through the controls and boxes using shift+tab.

Teifion
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When browsing with Safari, you can also tab between all HTML elements on the page using Option+Tab (otherwise Tab would only stop on the browser toolbar controls and quick bookmarks)

Sergio Acosta
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Not an answer, but may help point people to this page once this is solved. I am actually having the opposite problem, window elements (buttons, fields, frames) in many programs including the Finder are being framed by a bounding box, that I can tab through. I haven't found a way to turn this distracting element off--I must have turned in on with some key command.

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in key bord preferences under "Keybord Shortcuts"

Full Keyboard Access: select "All Controls" instead of "Text Boxes and lists Only"

Sambasivarao Dodigam