Questions tagged [dialog]

A dialog or dialog box is a type of window in a graphical user interface which prompts for user interaction.

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How to tab between buttons on an Mac OS X dialog box

I know that there has been a similar question asked here very recently, but I was wondering if it was possible to tab between buttons on default Mac OS X dialog boxes? I already have the All controls ...
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How do I remove the warning before deleting a shortcut?

How do I remove the warning before deleting a shortcut in Windows? Every time I want to delete a shortcut it warns me that I'm not actually deleting the program, just a shortcut.
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How to make windows explorer preview scripts and other text files

When you click a file with the preview window open, windows will show you a preview if windows knows how to do it. But files like .json and .py will not preview. It would be sometimes useful in the ...
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Unmodalize Dialogs (Make Modal Dialogs Non-Modal)

I'm on Windows 10 and annoyed by many modal dialogs of built-in applications (e.g. Windows-Explorer's Options dialog) and third party applications (e.g. Eclipse's Run Configuration dialog). Example ...
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Create a custom dialog box on startup

How do I make a custom popup to be appear every time I log in to windows? I am unfamiliar with this and I want to create a popup like a reminder/note every time I log in. I'd like the popup will stay ...
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