on 12/16/2000 12:30 PM, Jim Baskins deftly typed out:
>> It's been there since at least System 7. Just option-click a background
>> application and the foreground app will hide. You can option-click a window
>> of the app you want to switch to or hold down the option key when selecting
>> an app from the Application Menu or whatever you preferred method of
>> switching is. As long as you're holding down the option key when you switch
>> apps the foreground app will hide.
>
> If I option-click on an app in the torn off application switcher (menu) it
> hides *all* the other apps in the background. This is what I was wondering
> about when I asked if it was new. To my knowledge it had always worked the
> way you describe it, hiding just the app you option clicked on. Or maybe I'm
> confused and we're trying to say the same thing, I just don't remember it
> hiding all the other apps when bringing the "new" app you just clicked to
> the foreground. Damn 1960's, I still haven't recovered.
I don't know how you are getting your described behavior. If you
option-click a background app (whether the click is on an open window or the
torn off Application Switcher or whatever) the foreground app will hide and
the clicked-on background app will come to the foreground. I don't know how
you are managing to hide *all* apps that aren't the one you are bringing to
the foreground. I've been using option-clicking since at least 1994 and it
still works like I've described, in both 9.0.4 and Mac OS X Public Beta.
We've wondered way off-topic for this list. This will be my last post
on-list on the subject. If you want to continue discussing it please reply
to me off-list and I'll be happy to continue this.
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