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- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 11:18:09 CDT
- Sender: NeXT Computer List <NEXT-L@BROWNVM.BITNET>
- From: Theo Petersen <paisley@BILBO.SUITE.COM>
- Subject: Re: File Viewer
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- From: "David C. J. Leip" <david@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca>
-
- > I've noticed that when using the icon view in the file viewer that when
- > in certain directories icons are arranged and rearranged
- > automatically as files are added and deleted, such that there are no
- > vacant positions between the icons and they're in alphabetical
- > order. Within other directories, however, the file icon is simply
- > added on at the bottom of the viewer. Can anyone tell me why this is and
- > how to change it.
-
- >
-
- If you open the Workspace Inspector and look at Contents for the directory, you
- can see
- how to set the directory to manual positioning or sorted by this and that. I
- can't seem to
- make this attribute stick, though.
-
- ..Theo
- Theo_Petersen@suite.com
-