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Whoo hoo on a 10.4 feature I noticed upon installing (command-click to move window)

Did you noticed the return of command-click for moving background windows?

  • Heck yeah! I have been waiting forever for the return!

    Votes: 8 13.3%

  • *Tries it out for the first time* What the heck is wrong with you. You call this a feature?

    Votes: 18 30.0%

  • Wow. Nice. Didn't know about it. But I'll keep it in mind.

    Votes: 34 56.7%
  • Total voters
    60
pizzach

pizzach

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I'm so happy! Apple brought command click for moving windows in Mac OS 10.4!! No you can move them with out moving them into for forground. I could cry. I didn't think they were going to reimpliment it from Mac Os 9. Just took about 5 years. 😎
 
I actually never liked that feature. It seems cool if you do it intentionally, but I always do it on accident and then im fighting it to stop. But thats just me.
 
Flying Llama said:
I think that's been there for a while. I remember using it in 10.2 Jaguar. 😕
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I'm pretty sure I tried it in Jaguar and it didn't work. But it's been a while. (I don't have Jaguar running on any machines anymore.) I thought the first post was going to be someone who told me it came back in 10.3. 😀
 
Golly!! Thanks Pizzach.. I for one am very happy you told me this! I always swtich to MSN to drag the conversations so that i can see them! This helps me a lot!!

And to grapes911 - yes, the poll is a bit of harmless fun. leave pizzach alone!
 
pizzach said:
I'm so happy! Apple brought command click for moving windows in Mac OS 10.4!! No you can move them with out moving them into for forground. I could cry. I didn't think they were going to reimpliment it from Mac Os 9. Just took about 5 years. 😎
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Yeah i have 10.3 and it works.
 
This is also all the way back in OS 8.6, if I remember correctly <--- the earliest MacOS I've used.

Here's to the Crazy Ones ​
 
I think this has "always" been there. I've used "every" Mac OS since 7.1 and I cannot remember this being added. Never used it much, though, I've never needed to move a window that's not in the forground already...
 
SpaceMagic said:
And to grapes911 - yes, the poll is a bit of harmless fun. leave pizzach alone!
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I was questioning the poll, because this is nothing new. Even though I don't use it, I can't remember this feature not existing.
 
Hmm..interesting. I wonder why it didn't work way back when for me then. Might have been something odd like the mouse. All I remember was using it in 9 then noticing i couldn't get it to work in 10. Oh well. No harm no fowel. Just happy I noticed I could to it.
 
i don't get it, what is it supposed to do? 😕

you hit the apple key n than click on a window and what?
 
i4k20c said:
i don't get it, what is it supposed to do? 😕

you hit the apple key n than click on a window and what?
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You can move windows in the background without selecting them so that the focus remains on the original window, not the one you're moving. 🙂
 
i4k20c said:
i don't get it, what is it supposed to do? 😕

you hit the apple key n than click on a window and what?
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If you apple key + click on a finder window / application you can drag it around and move it behind a currently active window / app, without losing focus on whatever you had in the foreground.

Edit: aw beat by a minute since I was sitting here playing around and dragging my background windows back and forth.. oohh, ahhh.. neat trick it is.
 
i4k20c said:
i don't get it, what is it supposed to do? 😕

you hit the apple key n than click on a window and what?
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in safari this happens... but i'm lost to 😛
 

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tag said:
Edit: aw beat by a minute since I was sitting here playing around and dragging my background windows back and forth.. oohh, ahhh.. neat trick it is.
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It's kinda mesmerising, isn't it. 😀


puckhead193 said:
in safari this happens... but i'm lost to 😛
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That's if you click on the name/title of the window. 🙂
 
hahaha... that is kinda nifty

have no idea when i would really need to use that.. but none the less..thats pretty cool!
 
It's a neat feature (I found out about it several months ago) but personally I don't have much use for it. I opted for the first statement. I don't think it's poll worthy, but whatever I voted anyways!
 
grapes911 said:
Is this really poll worthy?
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Seems that anything can be made into a poll nowadays on MR. 🙄

Is it my imagination or are they more polls creeping up on MR. 😕
 
Mitthrawnuruodo said:
How else will they be able to have a "Brand new poll every weekday..." 😛
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I noticed a couple of polls last week. Or maybe my brain is just slow after the holidays. 😱
 
maya said:
Seems that anything can be made into a poll nowadays on MR. 🙄

Is it my imagination or are they more polls creeping up on MR. 😕
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We should have a poll to find out if people think there are too many polls 😀
 
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