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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

1704.0. "How to make opening windows smarter.." by HPSTEK::SENNA () Tue Sep 20 1988 07:53

    I get tired of opening up workbench windows so I can view the icons
    available. In some cases I have to make the window bigger first
    to see what in there. Is there a way for me to make workbench open
    a bigger window and have the icons in a better arangement for me
    to seee them? Better yet, can I have it smart enough so that the
    windows adjust to the number and arangement of icons automatically?
    Not a big deal but certainly anoying!
    
    			Thanks, Tom

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1704.1		LEDS::ACCIARDI		`Tue Sep 20 1988 08:54`	20
	Maybe I misunderstood your question, but it sounds like an easy one... First, open your window and arrange the position and size that you'd like. Then, single click it's disk or drawer icon. Then select 'cleanup' from the Workbench menu. This will cause Intuition to fit all the icons in a nice neat manner. To save these positions, you must shift-single click on first the drawer or disk icon and then all the icons in the window. You can highlight icons that have scrolled beyond the window's borders by using the window slider gadgets. Now select 'snapshot' from the Workbench menu. This will write a new disk.info file to disk, which will contain the size and cordinates of the window and the relative loactions of all the icons contained in it. I don't know any way to make a window 'smart' as you suggested. Ed.
1704.2	Thanks!	HPSTEK::SENNA		`Tue Sep 20 1988 09:25`	3
	Thanks Ed! What would we rookies do without you...
1704.3	One better...floating icons...	PCCAD7::BAEDER	D. Scott DTN 237-2961 SHR1-3/E19	`Tue Sep 20 1988 19:02`	8
	for once...I think I can top ed...it seems as if the icon position can be reset to 0,0 (I have a program...I'll package an acr file and up load) then when WB goes to display, it packs them into the open space, just like a clean-up...I use this on my HD a lot...position some of them, but leave most of the drawers "floating"... Scott.
1704.4		PCCAD7::BAEDER	D. Scott DTN 237-2961 SHR1-3/E19	`Tue Sep 20 1988 19:03`	4
	forgot to add...you still have to adjust the size/position of the window, but it make positioning the icons in it automatic... watch this space...for upload info...
1704.5	Disk & Drawer control the window	TLE::RMEYERS	Randy Meyers	`Tue Sep 20 1988 19:37`	9
	Re: .1 To add a little emphasis to what Ed said: When you Snapshot a disk or drawer icon, the size and placement of its window will be saved if the window is currently opened. If you wanted to set the size of the window but leave the icons stored within it a jumbled mess, simply snapshot the disk or drawer without snapshoting the contents.
1704.6		PCCAD7::BAEDER	D. Scott DTN 237-2961 SHR1-3/E19	`Tue Sep 20 1988 19:56`	9
	re: -.1 > If you wanted to set the size of the window but leave the icons stored >within it a jumbled mess, simply snapshot the disk or drawer without >snapshoting the contents. Thats why resetting the location to zero (or unknown) is such a blessing...ie the WB puts them into a "neat" arrangement...
1704.7	iconpos.arc uploaded...resets icon position	MVCAD3::BAEDER	D. Scott DTN 237-2961 SHR1-3/E19	`Wed Sep 21 1988 00:26`	3
	mvcad3::user0:[amiga.arc]iconpos.arc uploaded... scott.