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On a fine day, 05-12-2003, Sumit Das wrote:

>Hendrik Jan Veenstra wrote:
>
>>Is there a OSX system extension that allows me to do something
>>similar?  I tried putting a folder with application-aliases in the
>>dock, and even though that allows me to launch applications by
>>click-holding on the folder, it does _not_ allow dragging and
>>dropping of files on the aliases.  And besides, I hate the fact that
>>I have to click-hold-and-wait for the popup to open -- I'd like that
>  >to be instantaneous, just as the OS9 popup windows are.
>
>Click on it and the folder opens.

... as a regular Finder window.  So you first have to click the 
folder, then drag the file on some app in the folder, and later close 
the folder again -- i.e. 3 mouse actions instead of one.  That's just 
a clumsy interface imo.

>Ctrl-click and the popup opens, same as click-hold.

I know -- but I want to be able to drag a file on the folder, then 
have the folder behave as a popup menu, so that I can drag the file 
on an application (alias) that's in the folder.  Just like you drag a 
file on an application in a 'normal' Finder window, except that I 
don't want a window -- I want some popup mechanism.  Surely there 
must be something that implements this in a decent way...?

>Hope that helps.

Uhm, not really, but thanks for trying anyway :).

>I wish the dock stayed hidden and could be unhidden with a key command,
>is there a way to do that?

Not that I know of.  If you ever find out, let me know as well, since 
I hate the dock popping up whenever I come too close to the bottom 
edge of the screen.

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