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alms@cambridge.apple.com (Andrew L. M. Shalit) writes:
>Sounds like a good use of the ol' command key in the next version of
>the finder.  As you know (maybe) holding down the command key when you
>click in the title-bar lets you move a window without selecting it.
>Shouldn't be too hard to extend this to work for selecting files.
>Of course, it would have to be done by the people who write the
>finder.

  I remember hearing somewhere that the 'new' finder will not bring a
window forward, or some such, until a mouse-up.  So you press the button
on the file, and if you keep the button down {very reasonable assumption
IMHO} then you're proably doing a file-drag for a copy or some such.

  Having played with this idea some in my current projects it works quite
well.  The users really don't care if a window isn't selected until the
mouse-up, and in fact I personal haven't noticed much difference in
operation as far as window selection goes.

  This is all based on memory, and I might be confused...  But if I am
confused I'd like to submit this idea as a possible solution.  Seems
elegant {sp??} to me, so that must mean I didn't think of it.   :-)
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