Drag/title bar double clicking and doing things in the top right corner,near the cloc

[doktordoris]

Hullo all,

Sorry, but I have another 2 questions, if any one would please be so kind as to answer.

Firstly, as a recently switched PC owner I cannot stop double clicking in the title/drag bar to maximise the window. Is there any way I can make it so such a thing happens?

And also the top part of the screen, next to the clock (I don't even know whwta it is called) how can I put things there? For instance I am always using alt, comand and D. Could I make an icon in the clock space which would do the same thing?

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[GGJstudios]

Is there any way I can make it so such a thing happens?

Windows don't maximize to fill the screen in Mac OS X the way they do in Windows.

And also the top part of the screen, next to the clock (I don't even know whwta it is called) how can I put things there?

It's called the Menu Bar.

For instance I am always using alt, comand and D. Could I make an icon in the clock space which would do the same thing?

Not that I know of.

 

[kepner]

Firstly, as a recently switched PC owner I cannot stop double clicking in the title/drag bar to maximise the window. Is there any way I can make it so such a thing happens?

I'm not aware of any software that makes double-clicking a title bar maximize the window, but Cinch is a great app that works just like Windows 7's Snap feature. Just drag a window to the top of the screen, and it maximizes. Drag it away, and it automatically snaps back to its previous size.

 

[Gregg2]

...the top part of the screen, next to the clock (I don't even know whwta it is called) how can I put things there? For instance I am always using alt, comand and D. Could I make an icon in the clock space which would do the same thing?

HD/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras
contains the built-in functions for displaying in the Menu Bar. Open the folder, and double-click on an item. They don't all seem to work, but I can get some to appear in the Menu Bar. To remove an item, control-click on it and drag it off the menu bar. It will vanish in a "puff of smoke". I don't know of a way to customize items for the Menu Bar.