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Or you're like me and you have so many folders that the tree is just too cluttered, and you ignore it completely. There's also the problem I had where my explorer windows would hang (i.e. CPU &...
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Oh, the other gripe I had with the new folder tree is the absence of lines. The only way to tell which folder is under what is by the indentation. That means to determine the parent of a folder, I...
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The Eclipse IDE has a similar option - several of the different panels (e.g package explorer, version history) have a "link with editor" button that toggles whether those panels should follow what's...
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I like the new behavior in Windows 7 explorer much more. I used to use folder tree in XP and 2000 sometimes when I needed to look through the folder hierarchy. In other cases I kept folder pane off....
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@Simon I've used eclipse for years now, often (ok, not really but it sounds better than "sometimes") wondered what that strange setting would do and never saw any immediate changes when enabling it, so...
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@jader3rd Personally I'm not a fan of auto-expanding the current folder, in particular it gets in the way of finding the target folder to drag-n-drop into.
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[Static text controls automatically copy their contents to the clipboard when you double-click them if you set the SS_NOTIFY style.] The best part about this feature is that it's not documented (as far...
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Documented on Result #2 on a search engine for me: msdn.microsoft.com/.../bb760767(v=vs.85).aspx
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That, I'm afraid, smells like a feature that was needed in one place that leaked into the base implementation. It should have been a new SS_COPYTOCLIPBOARD style that people opted into, it's completely...
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Wait a second... you mean if I absentmindedly double-click static text in a dialog it *might* copy it to the clipboard? WTF?!! How are users supposed to know about this behavior change, if most...
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I prefer the readonly text controls.
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"[If you manage to score a contract with an OEM to have your software preinstalled on all their machines, I would hazard that you are no longer a non-commercial developer. -Raymond]" True: you are also...
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While I don't mind the new feature (have to opt-in through the controls v6), I do agree that it is a very curious thing to add at this point. Also, besides the already mentioned issue of near...
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@Rangoric: Where on that page does it mention anything about copying text to the clipboard? Only in a comment posted by a user.
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It's always painful to be reading text and not have the ability to copy it, regardless of the Control.
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And in addition to the flaws already mentioned, it is completely undiscoverable. But remember folks, this isn't "curious", it's called "design". [I agree with everyone else that this was a...
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@John - "Where does it mention anything, ignoring where it says it". Um yes the comment. That comment is by someone who works for Microsoft and that comment has been there for 3 going on 4 years.
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I've worked with the Windows API since Win16, and I didn't know that you could copy the contents of a MessageBoxW with control-C... By the way, I wish that Microsoft's example code would stop using the...
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@Rangoric - I don't normally google for biographies of people who add random comments to web pages, so it frankly doesn't matter how long this person has or has not been working for Microsoft. All I...
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@Rangoric: Maybe it's just me, but I don't consider random posts in the comments section as "documentation" even if it is from an alleged Microsoft employee; have you seen some of the stuff that gets...
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