This application allows you to make some adjustments to the
way the Finder displays the desktop.  The font and size of the
text drawn on the desktop can be changed, as can the icon
spacing and many other parameters.

Your custom display specifications are saved within the Finder
itself and from then on they will be used whenever that Finder
is in control.

Please scroll to see more information.


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Open

Allows you to select the Finder file you wish to modify.

When the application starts up, it automatically opens the Finder
in the current System Folder.  If it can't find a Finder, it prompts
you to use the Open command to select a Finder.

If you have made changes to a previously opened Finder, you
are first asked if you want to save those changes.

Old Finders do not have the ability to be customized.  If you
try to open an old Finder you will get a message to this effect.

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Save

Writes out any changes you made to the Finder so they are
permanently saved.

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Revert…

This command forgets any changes you have made, and restores
the settings which were last saved in this Finder.  It is useful
when you want to undo all changes since the last Save or since
the application was started if you haven't done a Save yet.

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Defaults…

This command forgets any changes you have made, and
restores the standard default settings of a "normal" Finder,
which may or may not be different from the settings last saved
in the currently open Finder.  The command is useful if you want
to undo all the changes you ever made to this Finder and return
it to normal.

This command changes all the settings.  Many settings can be
changed to the standard defaults individually.  For example,
you can restore the standard Small Icon spacing by double-
clicking on the grey icon in the Small Icon View window.

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Get From…

This command lets you copy the layout from one Finder into
another one.  It presents a file selection box where you can open
a Finder other than the one you are working on.  The settings for
the Finder you are working on will be changed to duplicate the
settings for the Finder you select. 

The command is useful when you have updated to a new version
of the system but want to keep your customized layout settings.
First save a copy of your old customized Finder on a diskette.
Then update to the new system.  To get the layout from the old
Finder into the new one: Start Layout, which will show the
settings from the new system's Finder.  Next use the "Get
From…" command and select the copy of the old Finder which
you saved previously. The settings will change to your custom
ones.  Then quit Layout, saving the changes when asked.  Now
your new system should have your custom layout!

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Quit

This command exits the program.  If you made any changes, it
gives you a chance to save them first.

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The Edit menu is only active when a desk accessory is being used.

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Small Icon View

Selecting this command displays a grid of icons in the "by Small
Icon" format.  By dragging the gray icon, you can set the hori-
zontal and vertical spacing of the grid.  This spacing will be used
by the Finder whenever you issue a "Clean Up" command, when
a new icon is created, and when a "gridded drag" takes place in
a "by Small Icon" format window (see the "Always Grid Drags"
command below).

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Icon View

This command is automatically in effect when the application
starts up.  It displays a grid of icons in the usual "by Icon"
format.  You can adjust the grid spacing by dragging the light
gray icon, and the grid offset by dragging the dark gray icon.
The grid offset vertically staggers the icons, allowing you to
space the icons a bit closer together and still read the document
titles.  The grid you specify will be used when you do a "Clean
Up", gridded drag, or when a new icon is created in a "by Icon"
format window.

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Text Views

This command allows you to adjust parameters that control
the windows displayed in the "by Name", "by Size", "by Date"
and "by Kind" formats, as well as the printed output generated
by the "Print Catalog" command in the Finder.

When you adjust the column spacing by dragging a dotted line,
that line and those to its right are shifted over.  The Finder
truncates any text which is too wide for the column (an effect
which is not simulated here), so make sure the Size, Date, Time
and other columns are wide enough.  You cannot change the
ordering of the columns or eliminate any of them.

Each column can be left or right justified, and the format of the
date can be set to short (12/25/87), medium (Thu Dec 25, 1987)
or long (Thursday, December 25, 1987).  The date cycles through
the three formats when you double-click in the date column.

The column by which entries in the text view are sorted ("Name
in View by name, "Kind" in view by kind, etc.) is displayed
according to the settings checked in the Style menu. Some early
versions of the Finder don't have this option and in those cases
the menu will remain disabled.

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Default Window

This command displays a window which controls the position
and size of new windows created by the Finder.  The radio
buttons in the window let you specify the kind of view given
to windows of newly initialized disks (windows of new folders
are given the same view that the "parent" window has regard-
less of the setting of the radio buttons).

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Grid

When this menu item is checked, the adjustments you make to
the icon spacing in the "Small Icon View" and "Icon View" are
snapped to an invisible grid.  To make fine adjustments to the
spacing, remove the checkmark.  This command is not related
to the "Always Grid Drags" command described below.

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Use Zoom Rects

This menu item is normally checked, which means that the
usual zooming effect will take place when the Finder opens
a window or an application.  If you remove the checkmark,
the Finder will not use the zooming effect.

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Always Grid Drags

This item is normally not checked, which means you can position
icons freely on the desktop.  If you check this item, whenever
you drag an icon, it will snap into position on the grid
automatically without having to do a "Clean Up".

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Skip Trash Warnings

THIS COMMAND IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS.  If you set a
checkmark on this item, the Finder will skip the usual warning
that is given whenever you throw an application or System file
into the trash.

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Title Bar Click

This item is normally not checked.  If it is checked, a feature
in the Finder is enabled:  Double-clicking on the title bar of a
window will cause that window's "parent window" to be opened
(or come to the front if already open).  The "parent window" is
the one that contains the folder the original window represents.

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Watch Threshold…

This allows you to adjust how long to wait before the Finder
will display a wristwatch cursor with animated hands during
such lengthy operations as file copying. Older Finders don't use
this option and in those cases it is disabled and can not be
selected.  The time is expressed in 60ths of a second. If you
make it too short, the cursor will jitter and change shape too
often.

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Max Windows…

This allows you to set the maximum number of windows the
Finder can open at one time.  Increasing the number of windows
causes the Finder to need more memory.  Under MultiFinder, you
may have to increase the memory allocation for the Finder.

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Color Style…

This option is dimmed unless you are using a Macintosh which
has Color QuickDraw.  It allows you to change the style used to
color the desktop icons. You can also adjust the colors which
appear in the Finder Color menu, so you can make the desktop
icons appear in any color you like.

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The Font Menu

By selecting a font name from this menu, you will change the
font of most text displayed by the Finder.  This includes the
icon titles, the window top margin text, all the text in the
Text Views, and the printed text generated by "Print Catalog".
A check is placed next to the font the Finder will use, unless
that font is not in the current System file.

The font names displayed are those which are installed in the
current System.  If you later change the System fonts or use
the Finder with a different System file, the font you specified
may be missing. In that case the default font will be used.

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The Size Menu

This menu displays the various sizes you can set the text to.
Font sizes which are installed in the current System file for
the checked name in the Font menu are hilighted.  If you later
use the Finder with a different or modified System, the size
may not be available and a scaled font will be used.

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The Style Menu

This menu is active when the Text View is being displayed,
except when using an older Finder. It adjusts the style of the
heading of the column by which the view is sorted. See the
section on "Text Views" above for more information.

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This software is not in the public domain, but it is provided free
of charge.  Unmodified copies may be passed on to others by any
commercial or noncommercial means of distribution. Have fun!
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