Semi-transparent box on desktop
Ed Greshko
Ed.Greshko at greshko.com
Tue Mar 18 02:36:08 UTC 2008
David Boles wrote:
> Ric Moore wrote:
>> On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 00:48 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>> Coolness! It works in KDE, too. Ric
>
>
> This is a joke post right? A 'funny' post ? A 'pull my leg' post? Maybe
> even a 'giggle together in secret' post?
>
> "a selection 'lasso'"?? You are all joking here right?
Why would you think that? It is a very reasonable description. Would the
term "grouping box" make it less of a joke?
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