How do I move the focus to a popup dialog in OS X - using the keyboard?
Apologies if this has been answered before - I didn't find any relevant posts after looking in the archives.
This is the scenario: I am installing something on my Mac that requires administrator privilegies, and I am doing it with my keyboard only. After agreeing to terms and conditions, a popup window comes up, asking me to verify that I am an administrator.
Accidentally, I task-switch to a different application.
Now - how do I get back to the Authenticate dialog, using the keyboard?
The popup dialog can’t be reached via command+tab, is not visible via Expose, and is not a sub-window of the installer process that spawned it, so I cannot get there with command+>.
I haven’t been able to figure this out - I would be very grateful for any ideas!
Best regards,
Are
Oslo, Norway
(Screenshot with example at http://arewold.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/how-do-i-move-the-focus-to-a-popup-dialo g-in-os-x-using-the-keyboard/).
This is the scenario: I am installing something on my Mac that requires administrator privilegies, and I am doing it with my keyboard only. After agreeing to terms and conditions, a popup window comes up, asking me to verify that I am an administrator.
Accidentally, I task-switch to a different application.
Now - how do I get back to the Authenticate dialog, using the keyboard?
The popup dialog can’t be reached via command+tab, is not visible via Expose, and is not a sub-window of the installer process that spawned it, so I cannot get there with command+>.
I haven’t been able to figure this out - I would be very grateful for any ideas!
Best regards,
Are
Oslo, Norway
(Screenshot with example at http://arewold.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/how-do-i-move-the-focus-to-a-popup-dialo g-in-os-x-using-the-keyboard/).
MacBook (Black, 2 GB RAM), Mac OS X (10.4.9)
