>>What Key combination do you have to press to activate it?
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>{SHIFT-,} gives you < clicking the cmdLeft button
>{SHIFT-.} gives you > clicking the cmdRight button
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What exactly you're pressing to give the button a focus? I press Shift < but it just puts it in the textbox.

Normal hotkeys would work on Alt + letter combination.

>>And it doesn't look nice anyway, so I don't think it's what Mike is after.
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>Seemed like it was what he wanted.

Hard to say.

BTW, did you return back? Your friend Tobi (?) Grienfield (?) mentioned you.