NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #30/NN_1992_30.iso/spool/comp/sys/mac/programm/19863

Internet Message Format | 1992-12-15 | 1.6 KB

Path: sparky!uunet!dziuxsolim.rutgers.edu!clam.rutgers.edu!speno
From: [e-mail] (John P. Speno)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Finder Idea
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: 15 Dec 92 23:21:58 GMT
Sender: [e-mail]
Distribution: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Organization: Rutgers University -- Camden, New Jersey.
Lines: 22


Here is an idea I'd like to implemented but I don't have the talent to
do it myself. Normaly when you drag a file(s) onto a folder in the
Finder, the folder is highlighted and when you release the mouse
button, the file is placed inside the folder. However, if your final
destination for that file is a folder within a folder within a folder,
you'll have to open the first two folders to get to your destination.
I'd like to be able to have the file placed in the destination without
having to open all those super-folders(as opposed to sub-folders) so
why not immplement it? Say if the user holds down the control key
after releasing the mouse button, a standard put file dialog comes up
and lets you put the file as far deep within sub-folders as you desire.

Of course, I have no idea if this is possible and if you don't think
it's a good idea then ignore it. No flames please. If anyone tries
this out, send me a free copy. :)
--
=A==l===================+==l===============ro=======a================d=====s=
John P. Speno        | Disclaimer: Everything I say is my own propaganda.
Trumps R' Us        |  Rutgers Camden, Computer Science Club Secretary.
[e-mail]    |        Resistance Is Futile.
==le===========a=======d+=====t=o====Am=========b===========e============r===