Tabs in Safari

Almost all web browsers, like Firefox and Chrome, use the Tab key in a very useful way: each time you press Tab, your cursor will move to the next screen element. For example, in the screen shown below, you can tab from date to date to radio set to toggle box, stepping through the screen without constantly having to move your hand from the keyboard to the mouse.

However, we noticed that Safari on Mac machines behaves differently. When you press Tab, it skips all toggle boxes and radio sets, only positioning to places where you can type characters using your keyboard. This is awkward and slower than other browsers. Don't worry, though, we know a way to fix this and make Safari work in the same streamlined way as other browsers!

1. Choose Safari → Preferences or press command key and comma (⌘ +  ,) simultaneously to open the browser settings window.

2. Navigate to Advanced.

3. Select Press Tab to highlight each item on a webpage.

 

That's it! From now on Safari will carefully tab through each part of the screen.