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Use keyboard TAB to access downloads in the IE download window

When I download a file, via some link/button on a webpage, the IE download window turns up (see picture, it's Dutch). With the keyboard TAB key you can tab through the files on the window. But for each file there are buttons to Open or Save the file. How can I access these buttons via the keyboard ?

IE download window

Solution

  • You could use the Tab key, Arrow Keys and the Enter Keys. More details information, please refer to the following steps:

    1. Use Ctrl + J to open the IE Download views
    2. Use Tab key to select the download file
    3. Use the left arrow (back arrow)and the right arrow (forward arrow) to select the option in the horizontal direction. To the Dropdown options, we could use the up arrow and down arrow to select item (The selected items will have a dashed border).
    4. Click the Enter key to open the file.

    [Note] After clicking the Enter key, there might be have some security prompt, you could also the Tab key and Enter Key to Click the related button.

    The screenshot as below:

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