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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / March 2008Wish No 978a
When you hold the mouse over a folder on the desktop, after 3 sec, a dropdown of its contents shows up, something much simpler than the full-monty you get when you double click. Simple dropdown with vertical list of files and folders (a "one col" view). And, moving the mouse down (no clicking needed still), to the file or folder listed underneath, it opens after a further two sec.  Signaturedorayme In article <doraymeRidThis-91EAC3.06050121032008@news-vip.optusnet.com.au>, > When you hold the mouse over a folder on the desktop, after 3 > sec, a dropdown of its contents shows up, something much simpler [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > the file or folder listed underneath, it opens after a further > two sec. Hold the mouse over the folder *option click* No need to wait 3 seconds for the rest of your wish to come true. NOTE: If you want to do this in (an updated, not the original) Leopard, set right click options for the folder to Folder and List. SignatureSharon F In article <sharonfDELETE-3401C5.17111120032008@newsgroups.comcast.net>, > In article > <doraymeRidThis-91EAC3.06050121032008@news-vip.optusnet.com.au>, [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Hold the mouse over the folder *option click* > No need to wait 3 seconds for the rest of your wish to come true. What's supposed to happen? Nothing happens here. Oh you mean in the Dock? That's not the Desktop. ; ) SignaturePlease send all responses to the relevant news group. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. I do not read posts from Google Groups. Use a real news reader if you want me to see your posts. JR In article <sharonfDELETE-3401C5.17111120032008@newsgroups.comcast.net>, > In article > <doraymeRidThis-91EAC3.06050121032008@news-vip.optusnet.com.au>, [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Hold the mouse over the folder *option click* > No need to wait 3 seconds for the rest of your wish to come true. I thought someone might misunderstand if I did not bang on and on! But stop! Out of these slight misunderstandings can come gold. After reading other posts, it *is* interesting that Apple have thought on lines *close to this* for the dock. I did not know this so thanks for the clue. You have given me an idea of a make-do alternative for my wish. The point of having anything on the desktop is for easy access, the dock is not big and besides, it would require extra operations to save things to the dock. But one could make a special folder on the desktop into which you could put or save many other things that you want immediate access to, and then put a representation of this folder in the dock. Try it and see, it is not too bad an organizational trick: 1. Make a folder, call it "DT Hold All" and drag it to the dock. 2. Now stick the desktop folders you particularly need for a while to access (and even DT files) into it. 3. Go to dock and control click and let go the click immediately. This is important to bring out the ease of scanning the contents. The pop up window of the contents with arrows "sticks" there and you can simply move the mouse around and get to where you want, including further flyouts for sub folders and files. 4. You just give one click on the item you want then. I still want my wish, it has advantages that I have not gone into but would happily explain if anyone were that interested. Signaturedorayme In article <doraymeRidThis-C08D60.12252021032008@news-vip.optusnet.com.au>, > I thought someone might misunderstand if I did not bang on and > on! But stop! Out of these slight misunderstandings can come [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > You have given me an idea of a make-do alternative for my wish. After posting it dawned on me that I probably misunderstood what you really wanted. Sorry about that. Glad to have helped a little bit though. SignatureSharon F In article <doraymeRidThis-C08D60.12252021032008@news-vip.optusnet.com.au>, > The point of having anything on the desktop is for easy access, > the dock is not big and besides, it would require extra [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > access to, and then put a representation of this folder in the > dock. You can even put the desktop itself in the Dock. Open a Finder window, and Cmd-Drag the Desktop icon from the sidebar to the Dock. SignatureBarry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group *** In article <barmar-6170B7.13063221032008@newsgroups.comcast.net>, > In article > <doraymeRidThis-C08D60.12252021032008@news-vip.optusnet.com.au>, [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > You can even put the desktop itself in the Dock. Open a Finder window, > and Cmd-Drag the Desktop icon from the sidebar to the Dock. You are quite right, its just a folder like (well...) any other. Then one need not mess about with a special folder and one could just dump stuff on the desktop as one does, without having to be careful to put it in a special folder. (Though, my desktop is pretty sparse these days as I regularly tend it) The big drawback with the menu-style fly-opens of the dock is that you can only open the files, you cannot *directly* drag them unopened somewhere. One of the most common things I do in my work is hit F11 to get a view of the DT and drag a file at the same time as I hit F11 again to bring back the normal view so I can drop that file where I want. (It is truly one of the wonders of the world that one can do this so easily, I bet Windows has nothing to compare. I am talking a dynamic operation here, the normal view comes back *as* one drags). So, Apple have got close to the wish, sort of, they just need to add the technology to the desktop too and also allow the files reached to be grabbed and moved. I bet the latter would be a touch hard to program for! Signaturedorayme In article <doraymeRidThis-91EAC3.06050121032008@news-vip.optusnet.com.au>, > When you hold the mouse over a folder on the desktop, after 3 > sec, a dropdown of its contents shows up, something much simpler [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > the file or folder listed underneath, it opens after a further > two sec. Wow. This is a good idea. If it can do something similar in the Dock, why not in the Finder? Signature:) JR In article <doraymeRidThis-91EAC3.06050121032008@news-vip.optusnet.com.au>, > When you hold the mouse over a folder on the desktop, after 3 > sec, a dropdown of its contents shows up, something much simpler [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > the file or folder listed underneath, it opens after a further > two sec. What is wrong with using column mode? You can see the contents of a folder easily, and navigate with the arrow keys. Or if you want an icon view, just add a folder qlgenerator to Library/QuickLook to show contents of folders. Signaturehttp://www.ericlindsay.com In article <NOwebmasterSPAM-639744.22340022032008@freenews.iinet.net.au>, > In article > <doraymeRidThis-91EAC3.06050121032008@news-vip.optusnet.com.au>, [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > What is wrong with using column mode? You can see the contents of a > folder easily, and navigate with the arrow keys. I use col view all the time. There is nothing wrong with it at all. Signaturedorayme > In article > <NOwebmasterSPAM-639744.22340022032008@freenews.iinet.net.au>, [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > I use col view all the time. There is nothing wrong with it at all. Additionally in list mode cursor dwn through the list. When you arrive at a folder cursor right and it will display the contents. Cursor left will collapse that display. SignatureThank you and have a nice day. > > In article > > <NOwebmasterSPAM-639744.22340022032008@freenews.iinet.net.au>, [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > at a folder cursor right and it will display the contents. Cursor left > will collapse that display. You don't say! Signaturedorayme |
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