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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: Icons in windows continually offset
- Message-ID: <1993Jan9.170553.11738@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <1993Jan9.161425.23855@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 17:05:53 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan9.161425.23855@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA> bross@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Brian J Ross) writes:
- >Every time I open a folder, the contents are scrolled such that I need
- >to reposition them to see them. What *should* happen is that a window
- >keeps the icon positions it had when you closed it (like the Mac).
- >Would someone please tell me how to fix this annoying problem?
-
- Click inside the folder with mouse button two. Select Arrange.
- Assuming you do a proper Shutdown (mouse button two on the desktop
- background to bring up that menu), your icon positions should be saved.
-
- >Also, is it possible to move an icon over a little bit in Os/2?
- >When I try it, it gives an illegality symbol, as it assumes you are
- >trying to move the icon to itself.
-
- No. This feature has been hotly debated. I'm not sure which approach
- I like better.
-
- IBM set things up this way to prevent the accidental movement of
- icons. It can be frustrating in other environments to have your icons
- "drift" a bit if you accidentally hold down a mouse button while
- moving the mouse.
-
- To move an icon a little bit, first move it well away from its
- original location, then move it back to where you want it to go (two
- step process).
-
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