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From: t-jacobs@cs.utah.edu (Tony Jacobs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Hiding background layers in MultiFinder
Message-ID: <1990Jan14.154602.311@hellgate.utah.edu>
Date: 14 Jan 90 22:46:02 GMT
References: <21743@mimsy.umd.edu> <6324@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <6172@internal.Apple.COM> <18487@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>
Organization: University of Utah ME Dept
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In article <18487@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> erics@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Eric Schlegel) writes:
>In article <6172@internal.Apple.COM> lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein) writes:
>>There's also a feature in MultiFinder 6.1b9 to set aside everything bu the 
>>frontmost application.  Pull down the Apple menu.  Press the Option key.  
>>The Set Aside menu item will change to Set Aside Others, which will set 
>>aside eveything but the frontmost application.
>
>
>I find both Set Aside and Set Aside Others to be tremendously useful for
>decreasing screen clutter, especially on a my Plus. My only wish is that
>MultiFinder would _automatically_ set aside the current application when
>I switch to another app. Since it doesn't, I usually switch to another app
>via the Apple menu and then select Set Aside Others to set aside whatever
>app I was just in. Just takes a little longer than it should.
>

You can also option-click on the small icon in the menu bar to switch to the
next application while hiding the current apps windows.


Tony Jacobs * Center for Engineering Design * U of U * t-jacobs@cs.utah.edu