Scrap containers: on top or not on top?
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Scrap containers: on top or not on top?
Greetings--
When we use the Tools | Find Files command to search for a text string, we get the results in a scrap window that has top focus. This seems the right way to display a window that has just been created.
Now if we search for text using Mark | Containing text, or if we select a number of files and click To scrap, we get the results in a scrap window that is automatically sent into the background and must be retrieved from the Windows Taskbar.
Would there be a way to have the newly-created scrap containers always display "on top"? I looked everywhere for a tip but could not find any. Did I miss it?
Thank you very much in advance.
When we use the Tools | Find Files command to search for a text string, we get the results in a scrap window that has top focus. This seems the right way to display a window that has just been created.
Now if we search for text using Mark | Containing text, or if we select a number of files and click To scrap, we get the results in a scrap window that is automatically sent into the background and must be retrieved from the Windows Taskbar.
Would there be a way to have the newly-created scrap containers always display "on top"? I looked everywhere for a tip but could not find any. Did I miss it?
Thank you very much in advance.
The Mark|Containing text is nothing but a mass-selection technique.
You can select multiple items for this experiment any other way (e.g. with a mouse).
In other words, your selection method hgas no bearing on whether the scrap pane will pop to the top automatically...
Anyhow, if you press CTRL+S to send these items to a scrap pane, the scrap container will automatically come to the top.
This works well for me. Can you give some more details?
You can select multiple items for this experiment any other way (e.g. with a mouse).
In other words, your selection method hgas no bearing on whether the scrap pane will pop to the top automatically...
Anyhow, if you press CTRL+S to send these items to a scrap pane, the scrap container will automatically come to the top.
This works well for me. Can you give some more details?
No-only for the first time, when the scrap container is launched. To do more CTRL+S'ing, I have to switch back to the main x2.
After that, SC catches all additional items (subsequent CTRL+S commands, etc.) while remaining in the background. It does not pop up. We have to use CTRL+W (or ALT+TAB) to bring it up.
After that, SC catches all additional items (subsequent CTRL+S commands, etc.) while remaining in the background. It does not pop up. We have to use CTRL+W (or ALT+TAB) to bring it up.
Scrap containers: on top or not on top? (2)
Greetings--nikos wrote:the idea behind ctrl+S is that you may want to add more than one "batch" of items to a scrap, that's why it leaves it behind the main window so you can continue gathering items and ctrl+S'ing them
when you are done, usually an Alt+Tab will take you to the scrap window, or use Ctrl+W
I suppose we all have different habits and expectations.
Maybe there could be an additional control key, something like Shift+Ctrl+S that would still create scrap containers but send them to the top?
Or a special toolbar button with same action?
By the way, I wish I could place individual buttons on the toolbar to access logical drives with one click (just like it is possible with the bookmarks).
Would this be on the wish list by any chance?