diff --git a/crates/snowbound/src/link.rs b/crates/snowbound/src/link.rs
index 283cf68b3236db587ecb5efb90862cc649f25ef9..513f84e3b5e333012f39be6869c624597c809baf 100644
--- a/crates/snowbound/src/link.rs
+++ b/crates/snowbound/src/link.rs
@@ -211,8 +211,8 @@ impl State {
         }
         ui.close();
         crate::buttons(ui);
-        let ok = ui::button(ui, "ok", "OK").clicked || entered;
-        let cancel = ui::button(ui, "cancel", "Cancel").clicked;
+        let [cancel, ok] = ui::dialog_buttons(ui, "OK", true);
+        let ok = ok || entered;
         ui.close();
         ui.close();
         if let Some((space, title)) = picked
diff --git a/crates/snowbound/src/options.rs b/crates/snowbound/src/options.rs
index 533525d71b3d1bfdaa6fd16d43dad63a48ab3982..db3c2b2f16f5e1f53b6bad58d296ccc282b16f65 100644
--- a/crates/snowbound/src/options.rs
+++ b/crates/snowbound/src/options.rs
@@ -674,8 +674,8 @@ impl State {
                 ..Spec::default()
             },
         );
-        let cancel = ui::button(ui, "cancel", "Cancel").clicked;
-        let ok = ui::button(ui, "ok", "OK").clicked || entered;
+        let [cancel, ok] = ui::dialog_buttons(ui, "OK", true);
+        let ok = ok || entered;
         ui.close();
         ui.close();
         let name = options.user_name.trim();
diff --git a/crates/snowbound/src/print.rs b/crates/snowbound/src/print.rs
index c41daa8bac98c72967205ee167872382c8284621..7e4d5a5cd576fa7adfefa3d8448345d2b764d42b 100644
--- a/crates/snowbound/src/print.rs
+++ b/crates/snowbound/src/print.rs
@@ -256,9 +256,9 @@ impl State {
             }
         });
         crate::buttons(ui);
-        let cancel = ui::button(ui, "cancel", "Cancel").clicked;
         let action = if dialog.export { "Export" } else { "Print" };
-        let go = ui::button(ui, "go", action).clicked || entered;
+        let [cancel, go] = ui::dialog_buttons(ui, action, true);
+        let go = go || entered;
         ui.close();
         ui.close();
         if !go && !cancel {
diff --git a/crates/snowbound/src/properties.rs b/crates/snowbound/src/properties.rs
index da21d467243ba97d48b6338550e2ff111ced347c..de5a9e3aef14aef02fabafe7b179fb544ef098b4 100644
--- a/crates/snowbound/src/properties.rs
+++ b/crates/snowbound/src/properties.rs
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ impl State {
             crate::platform::reveal(&dialog.library.location);
         }
         crate::buttons(ui);
-        let ok = ui::button(ui, "ok", "OK").clicked || entered;
-        let cancel = ui::button(ui, "cancel", "Cancel").clicked;
+        let [cancel, ok] = ui::dialog_buttons(ui, "OK", true);
+        let ok = ok || entered;
         ui.close();
         ui.close();
         let name = dialog.name.trim();
diff --git a/crates/snowbound/src/protection.rs b/crates/snowbound/src/protection.rs
index d0ab31f8de8f18ccd66cd023c56ce6921cead79e..065d12964a7a4c3ff68111ca15b6fd4bdf63de52 100644
--- a/crates/snowbound/src/protection.rs
+++ b/crates/snowbound/src/protection.rs
@@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ impl State {
             dialog,
         });
         self.ui.open_popup(id());
-        self.ui.set_focus(None);
     }
 
     /// Locks every protected section unlocked this run, as Lock All and Ctrl+Alt+L do.
@@ -420,7 +419,8 @@ impl State {
                 },
             );
         };
-        let mut buttons: &[&str] = &["Cancel", "OK"];
+        // Password Protection's own buttons; the others' are Cancel and OK.
+        let mut buttons: &[&str] = &[];
         match &mut asking.dialog {
             Dialog::Unlock(value, wrong) => {
                 text(
@@ -502,12 +502,20 @@ impl State {
                 ..Spec::default()
             },
         );
-        let pressed = buttons
-            .iter()
-            .position(|label| ui::button(ui, *label, label).clicked);
+        let pressed = if buttons.is_empty() {
+            match ui::dialog_buttons(ui, "OK", true) {
+                [true, _] => Some("Cancel"),
+                [_, true] => Some("OK"),
+                _ => None,
+            }
+        } else {
+            (buttons.iter())
+                .find(|label| ui::button(ui, **label, label).clicked)
+                .copied()
+        };
         ui.close();
         ui.close();
-        let chosen = pressed.map(|at| buttons[at]).or(entered.then_some("OK"));
+        let chosen = pressed.or(entered.then_some("OK"));
         let Asking {
             library,
             path,
diff --git a/crates/snowbound/src/save_as.rs b/crates/snowbound/src/save_as.rs
index 6e6d683d2813acf85b89aa42d4040be3768a3199..38b496f901dd0a8c3acb992e60d98d35275af865 100644
--- a/crates/snowbound/src/save_as.rs
+++ b/crates/snowbound/src/save_as.rs
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ impl State {
             dialog.format = at;
         }
         crate::buttons(ui);
-        let cancel = ui::button(ui, "cancel", "Cancel").clicked;
-        let go = ui::button(ui, "go", "Save As").clicked || entered;
+        let [cancel, go] = ui::dialog_buttons(ui, "Save As", true);
+        let go = go || entered;
         ui.close();
         ui.close();
         if !go && !cancel {
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ fn choose(ui: &mut ui::Ui, label: &str, names: &[&str], current: usize) -> Optio
         "label",
         Spec {
             size: [px(110.0), px(row)],
-            text: Some(label),
+            text: Some(&format!("{label}:")),
             ..Spec::default()
         },
     );
diff --git a/crates/snowbound/src/server.rs b/crates/snowbound/src/server.rs
index 520b44a6e231999ec867957af8a5129257b39b5c..93cefc4be64f8bc7b6d42f12c6f295992dd8de82 100644
--- a/crates/snowbound/src/server.rs
+++ b/crates/snowbound/src/server.rs
@@ -825,29 +825,12 @@ impl State {
                 ..Spec::default()
             },
         );
-        let cancel = ui::button(ui, "cancel", "Cancel").clicked;
         let waiting = matches!(connect.status, Status::Waiting(_));
-        let go = match connect.step {
-            Step::Browse if connect.opens().is_none() => {
-                ui.leaf(
-                    "open",
-                    Spec {
-                        size: [ui::fit(), px(row)],
-                        text: Some("Open"),
-                        color: Some(theme.text_dim),
-                        fill: Some(theme.chip),
-                        radius: 4.0,
-                        pad: [theme.font_size * 0.75, 0.0],
-                        center: true,
-                        role: Some(Role::Button),
-                        ..Spec::default()
-                    },
-                );
-                false
-            }
-            Step::Browse => ui::button(ui, "open", "Open").clicked,
-            _ => ui::button(ui, "connect", "Connect").clicked || entered,
+        let [cancel, go] = match connect.step {
+            Step::Browse => ui::dialog_buttons(ui, "Open", connect.opens().is_some()),
+            _ => ui::dialog_buttons(ui, "Connect", true),
         };
+        let go = go || entered && connect.step != Step::Browse;
         ui.close();
         ui.close();
         if cancel {
diff --git a/crates/snowbound/src/tags.rs b/crates/snowbound/src/tags.rs
index 73cdffddbe9c5ed81711f35a9718bd7fbd8c5dac..0cac6b187d23052b6bb093e92d007bdf603cfb4b 100644
--- a/crates/snowbound/src/tags.rs
+++ b/crates/snowbound/src/tags.rs
@@ -525,8 +525,7 @@ impl State {
         });
         ui.close();
         crate::buttons(ui);
-        let ok = button(ui, "ok", "OK", list.tags != self.tags);
-        let cancel = ui::button(ui, "cancel", "Cancel").clicked;
+        let [cancel, ok] = ui::dialog_buttons(ui, "OK", list.tags != self.tags);
         ui.close();
         if let Some(place) = list.selected {
             if up {
@@ -870,8 +869,8 @@ fn tag_editor(
     );
     crate::buttons(ui);
     let named = !tag.label.trim().is_empty();
-    let ok = button(ui, "ok", "OK", named) || entered && named;
-    let cancel = ui::button(ui, "cancel", "Cancel").clicked;
+    let [cancel, ok] = ui::dialog_buttons(ui, "OK", named);
+    let ok = ok || entered && named;
     ui.close();
     ui.close();
     if ok {
diff --git a/crates/snowbound/src/unpack.rs b/crates/snowbound/src/unpack.rs
index 2267d6d2048ceab9596a5ac7e52de25be80f0df2..42e58823cb6bea51dbc887b6cbacd9d01dcee9b2 100644
--- a/crates/snowbound/src/unpack.rs
+++ b/crates/snowbound/src/unpack.rs
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ impl State {
             },
         );
         crate::buttons(ui);
-        let cancel = ui::button(ui, "cancel", "Cancel").clicked;
-        let create = ui::button(ui, "create", "Create").clicked || entered;
+        let [cancel, create] = ui::dialog_buttons(ui, "Create", true);
+        let create = create || entered;
         ui.close();
         ui.close();
         if browse {
diff --git a/crates/ui/src/lib.rs b/crates/ui/src/lib.rs
index c5a839fdd2c2ebd69dbe390de7eb47422704c93a..ec8cfa0a3c5fcbf17eac16f102d85dfdd92074e4 100644
--- a/crates/ui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ui/src/lib.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pub use list::{List, Row, Rows, list};
 pub use theme::{Menu, PopupMotion, Section, Shades, Shadow, Theme};
 pub use widgets::{
     PaintedScroller, Scroller, ScrollerPart, Scrollers, badge, badge_width, button, check_box,
-    edit_key, edit_modifiers, password_field, scrollbar, text_field,
+    dialog_buttons, edit_key, edit_modifiers, password_field, scrollbar, text_field,
 };
 
 use draw::{
diff --git a/crates/ui/src/widgets.rs b/crates/ui/src/widgets.rs
index 75c8a56b8fff87e5cb0f1950fcdc5890b39b0f13..3d4513ef662a5a786f1375a691d85805fa9ee655 100644
--- a/crates/ui/src/widgets.rs
+++ b/crates/ui/src/widgets.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,46 @@ pub fn button(ui: &mut Ui, part: impl Hash, text: &str) -> Signal {
     ui.leaf(part, spec)
 }
 
+/// Cancel and a dialog's default button `text`, which takes no clicks while not `enabled`,
+/// in the platform's order: the default last on macOS and GNOME, first on Windows, as their
+/// own dialogs place them. The default wears the accent around it. Whether each was clicked,
+/// Cancel first.
+pub fn dialog_buttons(ui: &mut Ui, text: &str, enabled: bool) -> [bool; 2] {
+    let default = |ui: &mut Ui| {
+        let theme = &ui.theme;
+        let spec = Spec {
+            flags: if enabled {
+                Flags::CLICKABLE
+            } else {
+                Flags::default()
+            },
+            size: [fit(), px(theme.font_size * 2.0)],
+            text: Some(text),
+            color: (!enabled).then_some(theme.text_dim),
+            fill: Some(theme.chip),
+            hover_fill: enabled.then(|| theme.hover()),
+            border: enabled.then_some(theme.accent),
+            radius: 4.0,
+            pad: [theme.font_size * 0.75, 0.0],
+            center: true,
+            role: Some(Role::Button),
+            ..Spec::default()
+        };
+        let clicked = ui.leaf("default", spec).clicked;
+        if !enabled && let Some(node) = ui.access(ui.id("default")) {
+            node.set_disabled();
+        }
+        clicked
+    };
+    let windows = edit::Platform::CURRENT == edit::Platform::Windows;
+    let mut chosen = windows && default(ui);
+    let cancel = button(ui, "cancel", "Cancel").clicked;
+    if !windows {
+        chosen = default(ui);
+    }
+    [cancel, chosen]
+}
+
 /// A short tag in the accent's colour, centred in a box `height` tall, as BETA marks a
 /// feature still settling beside its name.
 pub fn badge(ui: &mut Ui, part: impl Hash, text: &str, height: f32) {