Workbench Prefs

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imagodespira
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Re: Workbench Prefs

Post by imagodespira »

Ok, now i read it again and understand ;)

Currently i have activated following arexx script:

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/* open parent window and close lastactive. */
ADDRESS WORKBENCH
MENU INVOKE WINDOW.OPENPARENT
GETATTR WINDOWS.LASTACTIVE var lastwin
GETATTR WINDOWS.ACTIVE var newwin

if newwin="root" 
then 
activatewindow '"'||lastwin||'"'
MENU WINDOW '"'||lastwin||'"' INVOKE  WINDOW.CLOSE  
 

In view of a feature request: In my opionion a simple checkbox for this would not help to improve the workbench functions for the future. As in another thread from me here i would prefer a rewrite of the behavior and use of workbench windows/drawers. Open a new window for every drawer is in the curren time where we have thousends of files and a deep hierarchy not a useful way. I would prefer to "browser" within drawers and files within one window (with a small toolbar with back, parent, path etc.). And the "open" new window stuff only with pressing a key (STRG), so invert the current behavior for this (maybe a switch checkbox for people who do not want this and want to open a new window instead like it is today).
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