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Article #36678Re: MultiFinder Problem
From: Rob Jellinghaus
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1989 22:01
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1989 22:01
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In article <1459@ditsyda.oz> vincent@ditsyda.oz (David A. Vincent) writes:
>When an application other than the Finder is frontmost, the Finder can
>of course still have windows open, but they'll all be inactive. At
>least they'll all *look* inactive, but won't be, because clicking on
>the (invisible) zoom box of the one which would have been frontmost
>will bring the Finder to the front, but also cause the window to zoom.
That thar ain't no bug, it's a feature! Basically, clicking on a background
layer not only brings that layer to the front, but also acts just as if you
had clicked at that location with the layer active. I think this is handy.
F'rexample, if you've got your WP in the background and you see a misspelled
word, just double-click on the word and retype. Otherwise, you'd have to
click three times to get the same effect. I see no reason to require the
third click.
>David A. Vincent vacation student, CSIRO Division of IT
>ACSnet: vincent@ditsyda.oz Post: GPO Box 1710-T
>Common sense is not all that common. -- Bertrand Russell.
You said it. :-)
Rob Jellinghaus | "Next time you see a lie being spread or a
jellinghaus-robert@CS.Yale.EDU | bad decision being made out of sheer ignor-
ROBERTJ@{yalecs,yalevm}.BITNET | ance, pause, and think of hypertext."
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!yale!jellinghaus-robert From: jellinghaus-robert@CS.YALE.EDU (Rob Jellinghaus) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: MultiFinder Problem Message-ID: <48596@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> Date: 24 Jan 89 22:01:53 GMT References: <1459@ditsyda.oz> Sender: root@yale.UUCP Reply-To: jellinghaus-robert@yale.UUCP Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept, New Haven CT 06520-2158 Lines: 25 elay-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site yale-bulldog.yale.UUCP