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Article #17400Re: OS/2 Wishlist - First Edition
From: Timothy F. Sipples
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 1994 22:08
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 1994 22:08
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In article <757782391joe.joe@jsnode.equinox.gen.nz> joe@jsnode.equinox.gen.nz (Joseph Skinner) writes: >Another addition to the list would have to be changing the window >selection method to be more similar to that used in sys 7 on the mac >shere you can select an icon in a background window and not have the >window brought to the forground until you release the mouse button. >This overcomes the problems that I have of having to move windows around >simply because as soon as I select the icon that I want to move the >window its in comes to the forground and cover the window that I was >wanting to drag it to. It doesn't work with objects, but did you know that if you hold down the CTRL key and move a window (by clicking and holding on the title bar while moving the mouse), the window will not come to the foreground? [Thanks to you-know-who for that one.] -- Timothy F. Sipples | READ the OS/2 Frequently Asked Questions List sip1@kimbark.uchicago.edu | 2.1D, available from 192.153.46.2, anonymous Dept. of Econ., Univ. | ftp, in /pub/os2/all/info/faq. of Chicago, 60637 | OS/2: The World's Most Popular Way to 32 Bits!
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1044c2,54b5a7eb8f6e0e7a X-Google-Attributes: gid1044c2,public X-Google-Thread: 10ca75,54b5a7eb8f6e0e7a X-Google-Attributes: gid10ca75,public X-Google-Thread: 10cd94,54b5a7eb8f6e0e7a X-Google-Attributes: gid10cd94,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-01-05 14:37:59 PST Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.beta,bit.listserv.os2-l Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.moneng.mei.com!uwm.edu!msuinfo!uchinews!kimbark!sip1 From: sip1@kimbark.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) Subject: Re: OS/2 Wishlist - First Edition Message-ID: <1994Jan5.220817.29743@midway.uchicago.edu> Followup-To: comp.os.os2.beta Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System) Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago References: <1994Jan3.141559.11714@ips.cs.tu-bs.de> <2g9dn6$lj7@bmerha64.bnr.ca> <757782391joe.joe@jsnode.equinox.gen.nz> Date: Wed, 5 Jan 1994 22:08:17 GMT Lines: 22