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From: new@udel.edu (Darren New)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Workbench Discard bug
Keywords: Shift click Ok to discard
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Date: 10 Oct 89 03:34:58 GMT
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In article <4657@ncar.ucar.edu> hull@hao.ucar.edu (Howard Hull) writes:
>However, a week ago while working with a bunch of files in my ProjectMaster
>drawer on my hard disk, I did a shift click on three Icons, selected the
>Workbench "Discard" menu item, and of course got the "Ok to Discard?"
>requester.  When I approved the discard of the three selected Icons and
>their associated files, the workbench deleted _ALL_ of the Icons and the
>related files in this entire directory (residing on my hard disk in an
>OFS partition).  Gee, was I ever surprised!  Gee, was I ever p*'d.  Is this
>a bug in WB 1.3?  Are any of these bugs _FIXED_ in WB 1.3.2?

I've had this happen too.  I realized (after the fact) that the basic problem
is that when you open a drawer, IT STAYS SELECTED!!!!!  If you then 
shift-click to select more icons, THAT DRAWER IS STILL SELECTED!!!!  If you discard,
THE DRAWER IS STILL SELECTED!!!!!!!!!!!   (get my drift? :-)

I recommend that everyone get in the habit of clicking somewhere to deselect
everything before selecting stuff to discard. Once I started doing this,
I never encountered this "bug" again.  Good luck.  Happy hacking. -- Darren