kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) (03/30/89)
In article <686@salgado.stan.UUCP> dce@stan.UUCP (David Elliott) writes:
<When a file open dialog box comes up, it seems to always be set to the
<last folder I opened a dialog box for, or the directory in which the
<application executed resides, even if I execute the application by
<double-clicking on an associated file icon in another directory. It's
<really annoying to start an application and have to move up 3 or 4
<folders and then down 3 or 4 more just to get to the file I'm looking
<for.
Someone here wants to use a key command to get to the previous folder
(we got him an extended keyboard and he quickly developed macro-mania).
I thought I read or heard about a key that let you step back up the folder
hierarchy in a dialog box, but couldn't find it. Anyone know of such a
critter?
Shirley Kehrlih@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (Andrew Lih) (04/02/89)
In article <89490@felix.UUCP> kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) writes: >Someone here wants to use a key command to get to the previous folder >(we got him an extended keyboard and he quickly developed macro-mania). >I thought I read or heard about a key that let you step back up the folder >hierarchy in a dialog box, but couldn't find it. Anyone know of such a >critter? Yes, if I remember correctly, in the versions of the Finder and System after version System 3.2, you can use Command-UpArrow to move to the parent folder of the current folder. And of course you can just press return on the highlighted folder in the dialog box to open up a child folder. It acutally works rather well on a Mac Plus since the Up arrow key is directly below the Return key, so you can move among folders rather quickly. On an ADB extended keyboard however, it may be a little hastle to move you hand over to the "inverted T" section of the keyboard. Hope this helps! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= """"""" Andrew "Fuz" Lih Columbia University Center | @ @ | Instructional Computing for Computing Activities < ^ > \ - / lih@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu AJLUS@CUVMB.BITNET --- lih@heathcliff.cs.columbia.edu ...rutgers!columbia!cunixc!lih =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
nicky@cup.portal.com (nick john pilch) (04/02/89)
>Someone here wants to use a key command to get to the previous folder >(we got him an extended keyboard and he quickly developed macro-mania). >I thought I read or heard about a key that let you step back up the folder >hierarchy in a dialog box, but couldn't find it. Anyone know of such a >critter? As of system 6.0, this is the behaivior I can see for all Standard File dialog boxes: Return or enter key will simulate a hit on the Open or Save button. Command-period will hit the Cancel button. Command-up arrow will move up a folder. Command-down arrow will move down into a folder. Tab will hit the Drive button. And of course the up and down arrow keys will move you up and down the file list. Typing the name of the file you want will bring you to that file in the Open File Standard File Dialog. It interesting that some of the most basic parts of the built-in Mac interface don't conform to Apple's user-interface guidelines. None of the above keys will hilight the button they are attached to (i.e. flash it to give you visual feedback) and the default button (Save or Open) is not hilighted with the typical wide border. After all these years you'd think... The programmer's have to do this themselves and it's a small pain. There is no mention in the programmer's documentation either that this might be a good thing to do. Most programmer's don't bother to implement the correct behaivior possibly because users are so used to the wrong way. For an example of the correct default button behaivior see THINK C's Standard File Dialogs. Nick Pilch Mountain Lake Software nicky@cup.portal.com AppleLink: D1036