Re: GS finder shortcuts?

[a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

"thomas b" <tom> wrote:

>hi - read throught the shortcuts file on the systools2 disk, but could find
>the following: is there a way to open a directory in the finder (6.0.1
>ofcourse) and have the new window open in the same window - rather than the
>usual new window for the new directory.

    I believe what your describing is the "tunneling" feature which was
introduced in Finder 6.0.1. To use it, hold down the 'Option' key while
double-clicking on any folder. Each time you open a new folder (and
thus a new window) the previous folder window will automatically
close.

    This and other shortcuts and tips are described in the Finder help
menu (located in the Apple menu, just below "About this Apple IIgs").
Apple-? will also bring it up.

>with the small desktop space, it gets very cluttered fast going through
>folders. Is there a patch, or something, that lets you hold a key (or better
>yet change the default) to open each directory in a single window.

    Someone wrote a Finder extension (I think it was called WinFlate)
that shrinks windows down to just a title bar to help reduce screen
clutter. Personally, I always wished someone would write an add-on
to minimize windows and place them in a taskbar, much like current
day versions of Windows (there's room on the bottom of the desktop
screen).

Mitchell Spector
a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca