This menu shows you the way cool about box and a help screen, if you are interested.
Edit menu
Use this menu to cut, copy, paste, clear, or show the clipboard. ShowSizes only allows you to copy text from an info window.
Undo
This is for compatibility only.
Undo
This is for compatibility only.
Cut
This is for compatibility only.
Cut
This is for compatibility only.
Copy
This copys the text in the front window to the clipboard for use elsewhere.
Copy
This copys the text in the front window to the clipboard for use elsewhere. It is only active when a Get Info window is in front.
Paste
This is for compatibility only.
Paste
This is for compatibility only.
Clear
This is for compatibility only.
Clear
This is for compatibility only.
This will select all the items in the front window.
This will select all the items in the front window. It is dimmed because you do not have a window with selectable items in front.
File menu
Use this menu to make a new scan of a hard disk, open a saved document, update a saved document, close windows, save files, save files as text, get info, print, or quit ShowSizes.
The New menu will offer to scan a hard disk or floppy and show you where the space is used on it.
The Open menu will allow you to open a previously saved scan of a hard disk or floppy.
The Update menu will rescan this saved document and make it up to date. You will not change the saved file until you save the update.
The Update menu will rescan a saved document and make it up to date. It is currently dimmed because you have not saved your current document, you do not have one open, or you do not have the document’s volume mounted.
The Close menu will close the current window. If you close the top window for a disk you will close the document after being requested to save the document, if necessary.
The Close menu is dimmed because you do not have a document open.
The Save menu will allow you to save your current document to disk.
The Save menu will allow you to save your current document to disk. It is disabled because you have either already saved the current document or you do not have a document open.
The Save As menu allows you to save this document under a different name.
The Save As menu allows you to save this document under a different name. It is dimmed because you do not have a document open.
The Save As Text menu allows you to export a tab delimited text file to a spreadsheet or other program.
The Save As Text menu allows you to export a tab delimited text file to a spreadsheet or other program. It is dimmed because you do not have a document open.
The Revert menu causes the current file to revert to the last saved state, losing all changes made since then, generally the last Update command.
The Revert menu causes the current file to revert to the last saved state, losing all changes made since then, generally the last Update command. It is dimmed because you do not have a file open or it is already saved.
The Get Info menu displays the statistics gathered for the selected items.
The Get Info menu displays the statistics gathered for the selected items. It is dimmed because you do not have anything selected.
The Page Setup menu brings up the Page Setup dialog box so that ShowSizes can know what kind of printout you want. It is useful to print a tree view out at 50%, which you can do here.
The Page Setup menu brings up the Page Setup dialog box so that ShowSizes can know what kind of printout you want. It is dimmed because you do not have a document open.
The Print menu prints the current window to the selected printer. Use the Chooser to select a printer. Be sure to choose the Page Setup dialog once before printing.
The Print menu prints the current window to the selected printer. Use the Chooser to select a printer. This is dimmed because you do not have a document open.
The Quit menu will cause ShowSizes to quit. It will ask you if you want to save any unsaved documents.
Show menu
This menu allows you to show corresponding Finder windows, the bar, the text overlay, the tree window, and all levels of the tree window.
The Finder Selection item opens the selected windows in the Finder and brings the Finder to the front.
The Finder Selection item opens the selected windows in the Finder and brings the Finder to the front. It is currently inactive because you do not have anything selected or you are not running System 7 or later.
The Bar menu will display the folders with a bar across them. It is turned off.
The Bar menu will display the folders with a bar across them. It is turned on.
The Text menu will write the percentage on top of the folder. It is turned off.
The Text menu will write the percentage on top of the folder. It is turned on.
The Show Tree menu will display a large tree view of the entire disk. This view is best printed at 50% reduction or less.
The Show Tree menu will display a large tree view of the entire disk. This view is best printed at 50% reduction or less. It is dimmed because either there is no document open or the tree view is the current front window.
The Show All Levels menu displays the entire tree view. If you click on the tree view it will reduce the view to the level you clicked on.
The Show All Levels menu displays the entire tree view. If you click on the tree view it will reduce the view to the level you clicked on. It is dimmed because you either are viewing all the levels or you do not have the tree view in front.
View menu
This allows you to change the view in all the open windows.
The Percent of Parent menu will show folders as a percentage of their enclosing folder. All folders in a window will add up to 100%.
The Percent of Parent menu will show folders as a percentage of their enclosing folder. All folders in a window will add up to 100%. This is the current viewing mode.
