Oh the Simple Windows Discoveries
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Even after using MS Windows since 3.0, I still find myself making small discoveries. Today, I was just dinking around with keyboard shortcuts and came across this interesting in one. Ctrl+Alt+Left-Mouse-Drag. It allows you to select multiline but does not force "whole" line selection. You can select a block of text and only copy or cut the right side or the left side. I found that this works in MS Word (XP) and Visual Studio .NET 2003. Is it just me or does Windows always have those nifty tricks hidden somewhere just waiting to be found? I guess that this could apply to computers in general. Computer people like to add features, but we hate to document them :-D -Nathan --------------------------- Hmmm... what's a signature?
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There are millions of these shortcuts, it's unbelievable. We Microsoft developers just add these to make it but document them to make it easier for users use the product. In Word or Excel, try double-clicking instead of single-clicking a toolbar, menu command or an a some other UI area, and you more often than not get a new behavior you have noticed. Then, try some control, alt, or shift clicking, now try that with double-clicking, now try multiple modifiers together while single or double clicking. Same with the function keys. Try for example, holding Shift while selecting the Edit Menu in Excel, and you see Copy Picture instead of Copy. Thanks, Wes
Just tried a double-click of the 'Create Mobile Favourite' button in my IE. First time, came up with a blank box. Tried it again, got a box with the current page in. Third time, the blasted dialog won't cancel... -- Mike Dimmick
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What is a M-A-N-U-A-L ? :confused: If you haven't noticed CP is a place for programmers, not people who read these so-called Manuals. ;P
A manual is that blob of dust somewhere behind or on the side of your desk. :-)
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There are millions of these shortcuts, it's unbelievable. We Microsoft developers just add these to make it but document them to make it easier for users use the product. In Word or Excel, try double-clicking instead of single-clicking a toolbar, menu command or an a some other UI area, and you more often than not get a new behavior you have noticed. Then, try some control, alt, or shift clicking, now try that with double-clicking, now try multiple modifiers together while single or double clicking. Same with the function keys. Try for example, holding Shift while selecting the Edit Menu in Excel, and you see Copy Picture instead of Copy. Thanks, Wes
Right... Talking of that... Try trippelclicking in a Word document...
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In Word, Shift+Save is Save All.
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God." - Jesus
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma GandhiTry typing =RAND(5,5) in MS Word. Hit Return.
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Try typing =RAND(5,5) in MS Word. Hit Return.
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Actually it's just Alt+Drag (in VC 6 at least). Did you know this one: when a list control in report mode has the focus, hit Ctrl and the + key on the numeric keypad. I'll let you discover what it does. :cool: --Mike-- "So where does that leave us? Well, it leaves us right back where we started, only more confused than before." -- Matt Gullett Ericahist | Homepage | RightClick-Encrypt | 1ClickPicGrabber
You bring that one up every time we discuss user interfaces ;-)! Seriously though, it is rather cool :-). -- Andrew.
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Try typing =RAND(5,5) in MS Word. Hit Return.
:cool: That's cool :) Ryan Being little and getting pushed around by big guys all my life I guess I compensate by pushing electrons and holes around. What a bully I am, but I do enjoy making subatomic particles hop at my bidding - Roger Wright (2nd April 2003, The Lounge)
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Even after using MS Windows since 3.0, I still find myself making small discoveries. Today, I was just dinking around with keyboard shortcuts and came across this interesting in one. Ctrl+Alt+Left-Mouse-Drag. It allows you to select multiline but does not force "whole" line selection. You can select a block of text and only copy or cut the right side or the left side. I found that this works in MS Word (XP) and Visual Studio .NET 2003. Is it just me or does Windows always have those nifty tricks hidden somewhere just waiting to be found? I guess that this could apply to computers in general. Computer people like to add features, but we hate to document them :-D -Nathan --------------------------- Hmmm... what's a signature?
Fantastic! Like you I don't read the manual much (ok so maybe I do need a VS.NET IDE book) and was very disapointed to see the BLOCK selection button from VC6 not there in VS.NET. Thanks Nathan.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRobert Edward Caldecott wrote: My father-in-law calls yer man bits "weasels"
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Ctrl-W is by far the stupidest one I know! leppie::AllocCPArticle(Generic DFA State Machine for .NET);
damn it!!!! (Note to self: Read the Windows help before following instructions given on CodeProject!!!) :mad::wtf: Silver at last!!
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Ctrl-W is by far the stupidest one I know! leppie::AllocCPArticle(Generic DFA State Machine for .NET);
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Use a Mac[^] and you won't need either :-)
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Fantastic! Like you I don't read the manual much (ok so maybe I do need a VS.NET IDE book) and was very disapointed to see the BLOCK selection button from VC6 not there in VS.NET. Thanks Nathan.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRobert Edward Caldecott wrote: My father-in-law calls yer man bits "weasels"
Paul Watson wrote: Like you I don't read the manual much Is there such a manual for VS? I mean I have MSDN Universal; so I don't get all those nifty gadgets made of paper. Perhaps it is on the CD, but then again... I just dive into an app hoping to get somewhere... Isn't that how you learn to use an application? I figure if it is a windows based app, then it should work just like every other app (ie File, Edit, View menus... and such). If I can't figure it out after a few days time, then the app is wrong :) A good example of working the way an app should is Office. They all work the same, except of course for their speciality functions. -Nathan --------------------------- Hmmm... what's a signature?
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Actually it's just Alt+Drag (in VC 6 at least). Did you know this one: when a list control in report mode has the focus, hit Ctrl and the + key on the numeric keypad. I'll let you discover what it does. :cool: --Mike-- "So where does that leave us? Well, it leaves us right back where we started, only more confused than before." -- Matt Gullett Ericahist | Homepage | RightClick-Encrypt | 1ClickPicGrabber
> when a list control in report mode has the focus, hit Ctrl and the + key on > the numeric keypad Similarly, hitting the asterisk (*) on the numeric keypad when a tree control has focus expands every node below the currently selected item. (warning: could take a while when on C:\)