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From: utoddl@uncecs.edu (Todd M. Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Workbench Discard bug
Summary: Not a bug.  User error.
Keywords: Shift click Ok to discard
Message-ID: <1989Oct10.131752.19374@uncecs.edu>
Date: 10 Oct 89 13:17:52 GMT
References: <4657@ncar.ucar.edu>
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Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
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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?
> 						Howard Hull
> 						hull@hao.ucar.edu


This is not a bug; it did just what you asked.  When you double-click
a drawer icon, the window for that drawer opens, but the icon remains
selected.  You may not be aware of it though because often the new
window obscures its icon.  If you then Shift-select more icons and
choose Discard from the menu, all your selected items will be
discarded.
  Because this does present such a risk, I think WB1.4 should have
drawer icons unselect themselves when they are opened.  Until this,
if you are about to shift-select several icons, first click on a
workbench window's background to make sure nothing is already
selected.
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