Keyboard shortcut to reply to Message in alert

I'd like to be able to choose "reply" on a Message alert without using the mouse. I can type and send a message using only the keyboard, which is nice, but I'd like to be able to do the whole thing from the keyboard. I know I can tab through applications to go to Messages, but I like using the alert itself to keep as much of the rest of my screen as visible as possible.
Is there a preference or anything for this that I could use?
Thanks for any tips!

I know that "option tab" will move between the tables but I cant edit any cells from there. Its not that my tables are far apart or even that big, its more the movement between keyboard and mouse that I'm trying to circumvent.

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