MessageDialog keyboard TAB - default button always fires

Targets macOS
1

https://documentation.xojo.com/api/language/me.htmlssageDialog
Am I doing something wrong? The other buttons hi-lite upon pressing TAB but never fire on pressing the Enter key. Works via mouse click.

Var d As New MessageDialog                     // declare the MessageDialog object
Var b As MessageDialogButton                   // for handling the result
d.IconType = MessageDialog.IconTypes.Caution   // display warning icon
d.ActionButton.Caption = "Save"
d.CancelButton.Visible = True                  // show the Cancel button
d.AlternateActionButton.Visible = True         // show the "Don't Save" button
d.AlternateActionButton.Caption = "Don't Save"
d.Message = "Use TAB to navigated to the button and press enter."
d.Explanation = "Though the correct button is highlited " + Chr(13) + Chr(10) + _
"The default button is the one that fires. "

b = d.ShowModal                               // display the dialog
Select Case b                                 // determine which button was pressed.
Case d.ActionButton
  // user pressed Save
  MessageBox("user pressed save")
  
Case d.AlternateActionButton
  // user pressed Don't Save
  MessageBox("user pressed Don't save")
  
Case d.CancelButton
  // user pressed Cancel
  MessageBox("user pressed cancel")
  
End Select
2

Use the Space Bar to activate highlighted buttons, while enter always activates the default button, like escape always activates the Cancel button.

3

Hmmm… ok. BUT the rest of the gui already responds to the TAB and ENTER keys. So I’m wondering if there is a way to make the dialog box accept the ENTER key for the button that is high-lighted?

4

Yes if it is the default button, no otherwise… IMHO

Did you try to press keys (Esc, Tab, Enter, fn+, etc…) ?

5

That’s not how dialogs work. You could build your own dialog-like window, though, and make it work however you want it to.

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6

Ah yes. I did that years ago and forgot that’s how I solved the issue before.
Thanks
Ben