eacj@theory.tn.cornell.edu (Julian Vrieslander) (03/10/91)
In the current Finder version, an option-click in the close box of any Finder window will close *all* open Finder windows. That's useful, but it would be nice to have a facility for closing a *subset* of all open windows. Why not let an option-click in the close box cause the closing of the clicked window, and (if the window represents a folder directory) all windows displaying info about files and folders contained in the closing folder? To close all windows opened from a single volume, the user can double-click the volume's icon to bring the root folder's window to the front, and then do an option-close on that window. An option-close with the volume's icon selected could be linked to the same action. A cleaner way to guarantee closing of *all* open Finder windows, even when there are multiple mounted volumes, would be to simply have a "Close All" item in the Finder's file menu. If some of these ideas are already lined up for System 7 (or 8), then pardon my interruption. If not, please send my royalty checks to the address below... -- Julian Vrieslander Neurobiology & Behavior, W250 Mudd Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca NY 14853 INTERNET: eacj@theory.tn.cornell.edu BITNET: eacj@crnlthry UUCP: ..cornell!batcomputer!eacj