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From: kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Re^3: finder irritations
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Date: 24 Oct 89 15:32:20 GMT
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In article <465c9aa1.1285f@maize.engin.umich.edu> mystone@sol.engin.umich.edu writes:
 
<  This is slightly off the beaten path, but my roomate just found this feature
<in Finder 6.1.4 last night.  Most people I know open folders to get to one
<specific folder a few levels down, and don't need the higher level folders
<to stay open.  I myself explicitly close the parent folder immediately unless
<I know I need it.  Anyway my roommie found out that if you command-option
<double-click a folder, that folder's window will open, and the parent window
<will close.  I wonder how long this feature's been around?  Let's see you
<do this on a Unix machine... :)
 
Also, for the newer users, don't forget that you can quickly close the
active window with Command-w. It's much faster and easier than trying to 
hit that little close box with the mouse pointer (especially on a big
screen--which would also solve Dale Gerdemann's problem :-).

Shirley Kehr