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From: philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick)
Subject: Re: Baloon Help Cosmetic Bug? (was Another Finder bug?)
Message-ID: <1991May25.005851.12542@neon.Stanford.EDU>
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References: <1991May22.235626.26064@am.dsir.govt.nz> <1991May24.220827.14428@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> <1991May24.235517.25997@wam.umd.edu>
Date: Sat, 25 May 1991 00:58:51 GMT
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In article <1991May24.235517.25997@wam.umd.edu>, lasleyse@wam.umd.edu (Scott E. Lasley) writes:
|> In article <1991May24.220827.14428@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> boerned@mist.CS.ORST.EDU (Dan Boerner) writes:
|> >
|> >Again, just turn on Balloon help, click on the center of the a Finder
|> >window title, wait for the balloon to draw, drag the window up an inch and
|> >voila, an extra line is left in the window.
|> >
|> It took me several tries until I could reproduce this effect consistently.
|> I found that an extra step is necessary on my SE/30.  Here is how I cause
|> the extra line to be drawn
|> 1) Turn on Baloon Help with the Finder in the foreground.
|> 2) Position the mouse in a Finder window's title bar and wait for the 
|>    balloon to appear.  
|> 3) Move the window.
|> 4) Release the mouse button, and click it again before the balloon reappears.
|>    This was the crucial step for me.
|> 5) Drag the window so that its outline is still within the picture of the old 
|>    window on the screen.
|> 6) When the mouse button is released, the window is redrawn with the gray
|>    outline in the same position in the new window as it had in the picture
|>    of the window before it was dragged.  Yes, I know that sounds a bit 
|>    confusing, but try it and you'll see what I mean.
I managed to do this once on my cx, but it must be very timing
dependent (couldn't do it again). A few dribbles of the drag rect
were left in the content region.
-- 
Philip Machanick
philip@pescadero.stanford.edu