Confirmation dialogs don't respond to key presses

In version 5.2.3 for Mac, and probably many previous versions, the already infuriating confirmation dialogs just add insult to injury by not responding to key presses. This is because those dialogs don’t have focus, which instead stays with the main window. If I alt-tab to another application and then back again, the confirmation dialog DOES now have focus and responds to key presses (e.g. tab followed by space to activate the right-hand button). So the bug is that the confirmation dialogs are not being given focus when they originally appear.

It is also very bad UI design that there is no indication which of the confirmation dialog buttons is highlighted when using the keyboard. That also needs to be rectified.

Andy

M1 Mac Studio and M2 Macbook Air

This also happens on Windows too, including up to v5.3.1.

I’ve also discovered that a 2nd attempt always works correctly, on Mac and Windows. So, Cmd-Q or Alt-F4 to close - confirmation prompt - tab then space - fails to close app but closes confirmation prompt instead. Do exactly the same again and the app closes.

Additionally, I’ve also just found out by experimenting that pressing tab twice then space does close the app. If the buttons in the prompt were highlighted by tab in the first place, it would be have been so much easier and obvious. At the moment it’s a matter of guesswork which button is “highlighted”. So much for the so-called “Wonder” UI.

Has anyone tried using tab in the main UI? Some controls show a visual change for focus while others do not.

Andy

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