Tip #98 - Snap To Default Answer

100 Computer Tips in 100 Days

Tip #98 - Snap To Default Answer

The Snap To feature on your Windows computer automatically moves your mouse to the default answer in a dialog box. It can save you a lot of scrolling around the window when all you want to do is click OK or Save or whatever the blue outlined default answer is. It’s particularly helpful for laptops.

To turn Snap To on: 

• Control Panel > Ease of Access > Ease of Access Center > Change How Your Mouse Works.  
• Scroll down to the bottom of the window and click Mouse Settings. 
• Click the Pointer Options tab and click the checkbox for “Automatically move pointer to the default button in a dialog box”. 
• Click OK . 

Setting your mouse to move to the default answer
in a dialog box.

Apple users can download a program called Lazy Mouse to accomplish this. Lazy Mouse is free to try and $9.95 to buy.

If you think that’s a lot for a product that seems to do one thing, here’s another tip for you. Rather than moving your mouse to click on a default answer, you can accomplish the same thing that the software does by pressing the Enter/Return key. The Enter/Return shortcut works on both PC and Apple environments.

Happy Computing!

Diane

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