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From: isw on 3 Jan 2010 00:10 In article <hhob6o$glo$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > isw wrote: > > Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > >> different contents. Every time I opened one to look inside, > >> Spotlight went back to the top of the #$%^&%^& list, and > >> I had to scroll back down, figure out which ones I hadn't > >> looked in yet, ... > > > > If you just double-click the icon of a file in the "found" list, that > > file will open in whatever app "owns" it, while your place in the list > > of found items is not disturbed. > > I repeat: every time I opened one to look inside, > Spotlight scrolled the list back to the top. Try clicking where I suggested -- *in the "found" list*. Selecting from the list and then clicking the icon in the ribbon at the bottom of the window behaves as you say. Isaac
From: Wes Groleau on 3 Jan 2010 13:33 isw wrote: > Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: >> isw wrote: >>> Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: >>>> different contents. Every time I opened one to look inside, >>>> Spotlight went back to the top of the #$%^&%^& list, and >>>> I had to scroll back down, figure out which ones I hadn't >>>> looked in yet, ... >>> If you just double-click the icon of a file in the "found" list, that >>> file will open in whatever app "owns" it, while your place in the list >>> of found items is not disturbed. >> I repeat: every time I opened one to look inside, >> Spotlight scrolled the list back to the top. > Try clicking where I suggested -- *in the "found" list*. Selecting from > the list and then clicking the icon in the ribbon at the bottom of the > window behaves as you say. They must have made major changes to the UI after Tiger. There is nothing resembling a toolbar anywhere in the window. Double-click in the original corner window opens the file and closes the window. Double-click in the "all" window opens the file and scrolls the window to the top every time. Right-click and selecting Open opens the file and usually scrolls the Window to the top. (One time out of many, it did not scroll to the top. Same file; I don't know what was different.) -- Wes Groleau The Basics—Trust as the cement http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/barrett?itemid=1312
From: John Varela on 3 Jan 2010 16:22 On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 18:33:46 UTC, Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > isw wrote: > > Try clicking where I suggested -- *in the "found" list*. Selecting from > > the list and then clicking the icon in the ribbon at the bottom of the > > window behaves as you say. > > They must have made major changes to the UI after Tiger. I don't see any ribbons in the Spotlight display in 10.6.2. > There is nothing resembling a toolbar anywhere in the window. > Double-click in the original corner window opens the file > and closes the window. But at the TOP of the Spotlight pull-down is the option to "Show All". If you have that in Tiger, have you tried using it? > Double-click in the "all" window opens the file and scrolls > the window to the top every time. > > Right-click and selecting Open opens the file and usually > scrolls the Window to the top. (One time out of many, it > did not scroll to the top. Same file; I don't know what > was different.) -- John Varela Trade NEWlamps for OLDlamps for email
From: Wes Groleau on 4 Jan 2010 06:57 John Varela wrote: > On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 18:33:46 UTC, Wes Groleau >> isw wrote: >>> Try clicking where I suggested -- *in the "found" list*. Selecting from >>> the list and then clicking the icon in the ribbon at the bottom of the >>> window behaves as you say. >> They must have made major changes to the UI after Tiger. > > I don't see any ribbons in the Spotlight display in 10.6.2. Curiouser and curiouser. OK, 'isw' please clarify for us what this 'ribbon' is. >> There is nothing resembling a toolbar anywhere in the window. >> Double-click in the original corner window opens the file >> and closes the window. > > But at the TOP of the Spotlight pull-down is the option to "Show > All". If you have that in Tiger, have you tried using it? Yes. That's how I get what I called the "all" window. >> Double-click in the "all" window opens the file and scrolls >> the window to the top every time. >> >> Right-click and selecting Open opens the file and usually >> scrolls the Window to the top. (One time out of many, it >> did not scroll to the top. Same file; I don't know what >> was different.) -- Wes Groleau Rant on using folk wisdom in the classroom http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/barrett?itemid=1015
From: isw on 4 Jan 2010 14:36
In article <hhsl2p$o00$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > John Varela wrote: > > On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 18:33:46 UTC, Wes Groleau > >> isw wrote: > >>> Try clicking where I suggested -- *in the "found" list*. Selecting from > >>> the list and then clicking the icon in the ribbon at the bottom of the > >>> window behaves as you say. > >> They must have made major changes to the UI after Tiger. > > > > I don't see any ribbons in the Spotlight display in 10.6.2. > > Curiouser and curiouser. OK, 'isw' please clarify for us > what this 'ribbon' is. On Tiger and Leopard (I don't have the Snow variety), when you have a spotlight search window open, and select (single-click) one of the found items, the entire path to that item is revealed across the bottom of the window. Double-clicking the desired item's icon *in that path display* behaves as you say, resetting the selection to the top of the list. Double-clicking on a found item's icon *directly in the list of found items* behaves as I said: opening that item and leaving the selection on that item. In fact, you can run down the list, double-clicking as many items as you wish, and having all of them open at the same time. I find the path display useful because you can open any part of the path (say, the folder containing the found item's containing folder) by double-clicking it; sometimes you want to locate the place you put something rather than the thing itself. Isaac |