LyX-1.5, unlike LyX-1.4, does not allow easy navigation through dialogs with the keyboard.

In 1.4, it was not possible to type shortcuts to directly select buttons in dialogs. (This is not something that applications on Mac generally do, and I don't know whether it's supported by Qt/Mac.) However, it was possible to use the arrow keys or tab key to move among the options, hitting <return> to select.

In 1.5, it's not possible to use the keyboard to navigate to buttons. (<Tab> still works to navigate to text fields, however.) For example, in the Insert Citation dialog, it's possible to tab to the Available Citations list and then type and use arrow keys to select a particular citation; but it's not possible to select the "Add" button except with the mouse. Is this a general limitation in Qt4/Mac? Or is there something that can be done?

(I've tried messing around with Qt's Designer, but don't see any way to fix this issue.)

Bennett

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