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From: eacj@theory.tn.cornell.edu (Julian Vrieslander)
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Subject: Suggestion to Apple - A better way to close multiple Finder windows
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In the current Finder version, an option-click in the close box of any Finder
window will close *all* open Finder windows.  That's useful, but it would be
nice to have a facility for closing a *subset* of all open windows.

Why not let an option-click in the close box cause the closing of the
clicked window, and (if the window represents a folder directory) all windows
displaying info about files and folders contained in the closing folder?

To close all windows opened from a single volume, the user can double-click
the volume's icon to bring the root folder's window to the front, and then
do an option-close on that window.  An option-close with the volume's icon
selected could be linked to the same action.  A cleaner way to guarantee
closing of *all* open Finder windows, even when there are multiple mounted
volumes, would be to simply have a "Close All" item in the Finder's file
menu.

If some of these ideas are already lined up for System 7 (or 8), then
pardon my interruption.  If not, please send my royalty checks to the address
below...
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Julian Vrieslander 
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