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In a OS X app, if I have a form with a couple of buttons, how do I nominate a default button for the form? By default button I mean the button that acts when I hit Enter.

I've been trying to learn Swift, and so I've been experimenting building little OS X apps using Xcode 6.

All my programming experience is in Windows desktop applications, so I might be looking at this all wrong, and maybe using the wrong terminology here.

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    Did you find developer.apple.com/library/mac/Documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/… and try a literal Swift translation of that?
    – Tommy
    Commented Aug 29, 2014 at 21:53
  • @Tommy I tried searching in Apple's documentation but couldn't find the answer. That's why I thought I was not using the correct terminology. Not even searching by the title of your link gives me your link as one of the answers. I need to learn how to use that documentation.
    – alondono
    Commented Aug 29, 2014 at 22:29
  • I wouldn't bother; Apple's existing documentation HTML has serious issues — e.g. pinch to zoom isn't usable even on Apple devices — so the whole lot is getting an overhaul with the iOS 8 launch. Don't waste time getting used to it now!
    – Tommy
    Commented Aug 29, 2014 at 22:44

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Set they button's key equivalent to \r. This is most easily done in Interface Builder by selecting "Key Equivalent" and pressing Enter.

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