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From: carl@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Carl Baltrunas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: There *ARE* uses for forcing the mouse to a location (non-games).
Keywords: Modal dialogues warping moving
Message-ID: <1144@tardis.Tymnet.COM>
Date: 28 Jun 90 10:15:01 GMT
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Reply-To: carl@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Carl Baltrunas)
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Hey, about not moving modal dialogues.... That is probably the biggest
headache I have with applications on the Mac.  The interface and guidelines
are mostly reasonable, but have you ever used a terminal window or been
working on something and pulled down a menu which causes a modal dialogue
to appear and wouldn't you guess it's in the middle of the screen... right
on top of the information you need to fill in the modal dialogue.

I see this with too many applications.  Sure, I can use Resedit and move the
window, "sometimes" ... it doesn't work for those apps that calculate the
screen size...

Anyway, If while in the dialogue, I can move the window to the side (my
choosing) and optionally force it to appear there for the remainder of that
invocation of the app, [whenever it's called, that is], I'd be estatic!!!

-Carl

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