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...that you can scroll window contents by holding down the middle mouse button, or by clicking it twice you get a small navigation tool, which lets you move around at great speeds?

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Is the current list of hints available somewhere? Just in case, not to post something which is already there. Not that I looked for it that much But there is no link in Did you know...

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it makes it very handy to switch between screens by doubleclicking middlemousebutton (IControl/Screen_to back) ?

Double clicked middle mouse button (as I have already mentioned) is reserved for the navigation tool, which is a rather cool thing IMO. I use triple middle mouse click to swap screens (and my natural keyboard has a button in the middle along with the second tab and enter with a mouse on it, so I assigned it to screen switch as well )

When you click right mousebutton on top-right screenswitching gadget you get a cool miniatyre icons of screens open!

Hooligan:

Yeah, that's one of my favorites!

@warface:

we don't have much yet, just the screenmenu, windowmenu, resetting of mui prefs, uptime command, md5sum and version in information window, 3rd mouse scrolling in ambinet (your hint), tooltype deactivation by doubleclick and saveing prefs for a single page in systemprefs.


So we have enough space for a lot more MorphOS related tips and hints.

btw, I'm using shift + 3rd mouse to jump between screens.

Setting: 'System Settings -> IControl -> Window Under Mouse Pointer: Activate' to 'mouse_rightpress' with 'Do not swallow event' ticked, creates context sensitive system-menus.

Did you know...

That you can drag & drop tooltypes from one open information window to another?

Did you know that MUI now has Embedded Menus that will be limited to the application window?

Did you know...

...if you double click on drawer icon holding LALT down, parent window is automatically closed?

Jupp3 -> Now that one IS new to me!!!!

@MaSC:

maybe i'm doing something wrong... what will do that exactly, i cannot see a difference to before here?

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@Tokai

It activates the window you right-click over rather than having to left-click it first, which I found annoying.

For instance, say you where running a text editor and then a track comes on your mp3 player you hate, so you click the skip button. If you then went back to you're text editor and tried to right click over the some selected text in your text-ed you would get the mp3 players menus popping up instead.

In that case you would have to left-click the text editor's drag-bar and then right-click over the text.

With right-click activate setup, you just right-click and the widow is activated for you.

@MaSC:

ah.. right, didn't noticed that first. I added it too.



Now we have 12 tips at all. We need more!

@targhan: please place a submit-button under the box in the menu...

here are some helpfull shortcuts:
"LMOS" + N -> brings Ambient to front
"LMOS" + M -> switches to next screen

@MaSC
thanks for the tip

Settings->System Settings
IControl->Misc->Border click = Dragging
to move Windows at all 4 sides

if Offscreen windows is active and you do not want to go offscreen
with the window, hold Strg while you move the window.

Here some USB releated tips, especially usefull for MAME (and other Games) but perhaps interessting for MorphOS too.

1. Make sure you updated Poseidon to the latest Version, get it here: http://www.platon42.de/poseidon.html

2.Now you are able to assign different actions to your usb devices. You have a Multimedia Keyboard? Use your Navigations Buttons with Ibrowse or your Mail Button with yam etc.
But as this tipp is menat for mame, here we go

Select your USB Pad in Ambient Settings -> USB -> Devices
Select Settings
Now there should be a allready pre configured USB Pad, Very Usefull because for the Moment, full Lowlevel.lib support is only provided through Poseidon (meaning that every Button and not just four are supported)
For Mame I have one button configured with an "ok" Keystring you know for mame it is neccessary to confirm the game start with "ok" via Keyboard. Naa, we want a single button klick, therefore we decide which button we want to use, now enable "Track incoming event" and press your button. Now you can configure this button.
Add a New Entry with "new" In the actions tab select "Keystring" as Trigger select "down" (if you don`t you end in continous ok input )
then enter just the letters o and k
simple eh?
Now confirm with use and save your settings.. Voila You have now just one button to press to launch your mame game.
BTW the same works for things like Inset coins and player select (5 and 1)

ah, and for screen cycling, I prefer cycling with the 4th MousButton from my USB Mouse, and Ambient to front with the 5th

all hints are added. But to make us a bit less work, please submit your tips in "Did you know that .... ?" format and try to use the official names for the things:

e.g.
LMOS -> lcommand
Strg -> control
window -> Window

etc. This will help us and your hint will be added a lot faster.

regards,
tokai

@bladerunner:

uh.. you're tip fits better to a FAQ, that's too much for the little "Did you know..." box.

But ofcourse also interesting and good to know.

...if you change your mind about moving a window, press the right mouse button, and the window returns to it's original position.

Tokai:
Well you are right, but i while i wrote it, i was not aware how long it got

Perhaps something like

Did you know that you are able to fully configure your USB Multimedia Keyboards or USB Pads if you update to the latest Poseidon Archiv?

But then this might be obsolete with MOS 1.5