Semi-transparent box on desktop
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Mon Mar 17 05:48:36 UTC 2008
Frank Cox wrote:
> I just noticed that if you left-click on your Gnome desktop, hold the
> button down and move the mouse, you create a little semi-transparent box on
> your desktop. It goes away as soon as you release the mouse button.
>
> What is that for, if anything at all?
It is a selection 'lasso' that should select any icons that you
encompass. Then you can do any of the usual things that you can do to
selected icons - drag, copy, delete, etc. Most other windows should
work the same way.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
More information about the fedora-list
mailing list