Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!nerm From: nerm@Apple.COM (Dean Yu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: What System 7 Does For You: A summary. Message-ID: <52845@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 14 May 91 05:40:47 GMT References: <9348@idunno.Princeton.EDU> Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA Lines: 22 In article yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee) writes: >In article <9348@idunno.Princeton.EDU> bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig) writes: >> ... the ability to move through files in Finder windows by typing >> their names and using the arrow keys and Tab key, > > This is a great feature, but it reminds me of the problem in 6.0.x > in which you cannot drag select files if you are using View "as > Name". I know you can Shift-Click on each file you want to select, > but cannot drag select (i.e. drag rectangle to enclose selection in > view "as Icon" or "as Small Icon"). > > Is there a way to EASILY select multiple files when you are viewing > files "as Name"? > Actually, under System 7, as long as you don't click in the icon, or the name of the file, you'll drag out a selection marquee, even in list views. -- Dean Yu Blue Meanie, Negative Ethnic Role Model, etc. Apple Computer, Inc. My opinions and so on and so forth and it's f*ckin' out the door!