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From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: window switching
Keywords: intuition window keyboard flip
Message-ID: <1007@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: 25 Mar 91 12:05:18 GMT
References: <1991Mar07.222033.23864@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> <974@cbmger.UUCP> <11329@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> <11345@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany
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In article <11345@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> rolee@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Profess'nal Agitator) writes:
>Does anyone know if the AmigaDOS OS allows for window manipulation with the
>keyboard.  I know I can switch screens with Amiga hotkeys from a number of
>different mouse utilities and can move the mouse using the arrow keys and
>the amiga keys, but I want to take this one step further.
>
>I'm looking for a FRS utility that allows for Amiga hotkey combinations to
>flip windows.  When I have a number of CLI's on the screen at one time, it
>would be more convenient to use a hotkey to flip to the window/cli that I
>want instead of having to send one window back, and then bringing the other
>window I need forward.

You will have this in 2.0. There is a utility included to flip windows
plus make them active when they are in front. And this only affects
project and tool icons (so shells are included) to make really sense.

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