elliot@ocf.berkeley.edu (Elliot Wilen) (05/25/91)
I'm looking for a way to do something that would neatly complement the effect of option-double-click in the Finder. Given an open window in the Finder, is there a way to open the parent directory without starting all over again at the root? Is there an INIT that will allow this to be done? Can it be done in System 7? Please reply directly to me; I will post a summary of the responses. --Elliot Wilen elliot@ocf.berkeley.edu !ucbvax!ocf!elliot elliot%ocf@ucbjade
elliot@monsoon.Berkeley.EDU (Elliot Wilen) (05/25/91)
If I know nothing else about System 7, I now know that System 7 includes this capability through both keyboard shortcuts and a mouse click. (Thanks to Philip Machanick (philip@pescadero.stanford.edu), Doc (oleary@ux.acs.umn.edu), Matt (MKH6317@ZEUS.TAMU.EDU), and Thomas Lunde <tlunde@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu>.) If I understand correctly, the keyboard command is command-uparrow, which can be combined with option to close the current directory. The mouse equivalent involves holding down the command key whilst clicking on the title bar, which yields a popup menu similar that in the file-get and file-save windows found in applications. proteus@medisg.Stanford.EDU (Gregg L. Kasten) replied that he had found a way to use Resedit and alter System 6.0.5 that a double-click in a window's titlebar opens the window's parent. He didn't remember exactly what he had done, though. If anyone knows how to do this, I'd love to hear from you. Again, I'll summarize whatever I find out. Thanks! Elliot Wilen elliot@ocf.berkeley.edu !ucbvax!ocf!elliot elliot%ocf@ucbjade
elliot@monsoon.Berkeley.EDU (Elliot Wilen) (05/26/91)
John R. Gersh (gersh@aplpy.jhuapl.edu) came through with the solution for Systems prior to 7.0. Using Resedit, open the Finder's LAYO (resource 128) and set the option "Titlebar Click" to 1. (You must be using a relatively recent version of Resedit, incidentally. Version 1.0.4, which I first tried, doesn't see this option.) A double click in the titlebar of a window in the Finder will now bring up the window's parent. As always use Resedit with caution, working only on a *copy* of your working Finder. I also discovered that you can make this same modification without Resedit if you use Layout. (I have version 1.8.) For those who don't know, Layout is a free program available at sumex (try the /info-mac/utilities directory). In addition to being able to modify the titlebar click, it can also change a few other Finder parameters, including the pattern and spacing of icons in windows. --Elliot Wilen elliot@ocf.berkeley.edu !ucbvax!ocf!elliot elliot%ocf@ucbjade
marosen@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Mark Rosen) (05/26/91)
To be able to double click on the title bar in sys 6.0x and have it
open the parent folder, you can use the shareware Layout (which also
edits lots of other finder stuff) or use Resedit and turn on the
"title bar click" function.
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In article <May.25.17.08.54.1991.29286@elbereth.rutgers.edu>, marosen@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Mark Rosen) writes... >"title bar click" function. Is there a way to get this with System 7? I really miss the feature, and yes, I know about Pretzel/UpArrow. Rich Richard C. Long | long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com | Selfware: If you like --------------- | ...!decwrl!mcntsh.enet.dec.com!long | this program, send A First Edition | long%mcntsh.dec@decwrl.enet.dec.com | yourself five bucks!