MACROMEDIA STUDIO 8-EXPLORING STUDIO 8, Manual

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When the focus is applied to a dialog box control button—such as the
OK, Cancel, or Apply button—press Enter to activate the button
(equivalent to clicking the button).
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When the focus is not applied to any dialog box control button—such
as the OK, Cancel, or Apply button—press Enter to apply the current
settings and close the dialog box (equivalent to clicking OK).
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Press Escape to close the dialog box without applying the changes
(equivalent to clicking Cancel).
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When the focus is applied to the Help button, press Enter or Spacebar
to view the Help content for the dialog box (equivalent to
clicking Help).
Selecting the Stage or objects on the Stage using keyboard
shortcuts
You can select the Stage or an object on the Stage using keyboard shortcuts.
Selecting the Stage with a keyboard shortcut is equivalent to clicking on
the Stage. Any other element currently selected becomes deselected when
the Stage is selected.
Once the Stage is selected, you can use the Tab key to navigate through all
objects on all layers, one at a time. You can select instances (including
graphic symbols, buttons, movie clips, bitmaps, videos, or sounds), groups,
or text boxes. You cannot select shapes (such as rectangles) unless those
shapes are instances of symbols. You cannot select more than one object at
a time using keyboard shortcuts. Objects are selected on the Stage using the
following criteria:
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If an object is currently selected, pressing Shift+Tab selects the
previous object.
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Pressing Tab the first time selects the first object that was created on the
active frame in the active layer. When the last object on the top layer is
selected, pressing Tab moves to the next layer beneath it and selects the
first object there, and so on.
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When the last object on the last layer is selected, pressing Tab moves to
the next frame and selects the first object on the top layer there.
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