How to set default proposed answer to "OK"?

**tellapu** · December 21st, 2014

I could not find an answer to this "issue". Since I switched to Xubuntu (14.04), the default proposed answer (to confirm with "Enter") in most programs is "Cancel" instead of "OK". The most annoying situation is when I want to delete a picture in Ristretto or gThumb, I have to actively change the confirming answer to the question "Are you sure you want to move "Lifesaver.jpg" to trash?" from the proposed "Cancel" to "OK" or "Move to trash" with the keyboard or mouse click instead of being able to just type "Enter".
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Any tip is much appreciated!

**stalkingwolf** · December 21st, 2014

in basic terms the default to cancel is a safety feature. It is an attempt to help the user reduce blond moments or as otherwise stated more commonly , oh **** i just deleted the only copy i had of my Great grandparents wedding or OH **** i just permantly deleted the only copy i had of my 25 page report on The Church of Jerusalem.

**vasa1** · December 21st, 2014

Mirage has things the way you want. See a picture you don't like, click delete and hit enter. The "okay" button is the one in focus. Of course, you can later recover the image from Trash.

**tellapu** · December 21st, 2014

@stalkingwolf Probably this is the reason if the change was on purpose or has this been default in Xubuntu before? But I think that would be an overkill. The question "Are you sure you want to move "Lifesaver.jpg" to trash?" is already an excellent safety feature. If you delete a file by accident, you can still recover it from the Trash (second safety feature). Do we need a third one and make it more complicated to accomplish something?
If yes, there should be at least a place to change the setting for the ones that are happy with two safety features like before. Does anyone know where this could be changed?
@vasa1 Thanks a lot for the tip. I will test it and still hope for a way to change the general behaviour as I like gThumb for simple editing purposes, but will replace Ristretto with Mirage.

**vasa1** · December 22nd, 2014

Originally Posted by tellapu

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If yes, there should be at least a place to change the setting ...

The modern trend is to dispense with settings accessible to the "average" user citing "integrated experience and "being intuitive" (is that something like common sense?).

I don't have any specific distro or OS or software in mind.