krw Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 I just switched to MAC OS 10 (from OS 9.2). Is there a way to window shade the Object Info & Resources palette? Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 Apple doesn't support window shading under OS 10. That's one feature they removed between OS 9 and 10. THere are utitliies out there (third party) that allow something similar to it. You may want to do some research at cnet.com/downloads or versiontracker.com to see if you find anything. Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 An application window and palette window are two different things. Apple chose not to include this in the OS when OS 10 came out. You might want to ask them why it's not in there. Quote Link to comment
krw Posted June 13, 2003 Author Share Posted June 13, 2003 If there are close, minimize, and maximize (red, yellow, green) on the file windows couldn't you all make the OI and Resource Palettes with similar buttons? Quote Link to comment
krw Posted June 13, 2003 Author Share Posted June 13, 2003 I tried the download from Unsanity.com but I can't get it to work. I guess I will have to deall with a smaller drawing area. AAAAAAAAGH!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
propstuff Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 You don't need to window shade the info and resource pallettes (in VW10 at least); Cmd I and Cmd R will toggle them on and off. ;-) cheers. N. Quote Link to comment
MikeB Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 quote: Originally posted by krw: I tried the download from Unsanity.com but I can't get it to work. I guess I will have to deall with a smaller drawing area. AAAAAAAAGH!!!!!!!!! I don't think any of the 3rd party window shade programs will work on palettes, Not that its any consolation, but word and excel have the same problem. Quote Link to comment
AppleFan Posted June 21, 2003 Share Posted June 21, 2003 The lack of Palette minimisation in VectorWorks running in Mac OS X is pretty much the biggest criticism of the application I hear from local VW users. They have all tried Windowshade X to no avail and have resigned themselves to sacrificing screen real estate in order to manage the Resource and Info palettes. The keyboard shortcuts for displaying/hiding these palettes are well known to them but toggling visibility isn't the same as minimising in place. Nemetschek are wrong to wholly lay the blame at Apple's door however. It is possible to have palettes with a minimise button in the title bar which can then be 'windowshaded' by the eponymous Unsanity Haxie. If you don't believe me, go and download a demo of HighDesign from www.ilexsoft.com and verify the minimisation characteristics of the Quick Reference palette when using Windowshade X. It should also be noted that all Adobe applications running in Mac OS X feature a proprietary 'windowshade' behaviour, assigned to palettes sporting greyed-out minimise buttons. Personally, I think Nemetschek should introduce a built-in windowshade-style minimisation action like Adobe or adopt Macromedia's rather nifty palette system. I'm sure Macromedia wouldn't mind given their own palette-related legal run-in with Adobe. Quote Link to comment
JC Posted June 22, 2003 Share Posted June 22, 2003 ORIGINALLY POSTED: DOUBLE-CLICK COLLAPSE WINDOWS (VW 10.0.1) DATE POSTED: 04-22-2003 I agree with AppleFan, many programs come with collapse windows (windowshade) on MacosX, so I don't think there is a problem with OS. Here you have many examples of softwares with collapse windows (windowshade): MACROMEDIA FLASH MX ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS 5.5 MACROMEDIA FREEHAND 10 ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 7 even MICROSOFT OFFICE X And all of this software are released before the VectorWorks make version 10 (I think). Please all NNA people pay attention for this words in name of all user of VectorWorks on MacosX. Thanks. VectorWorks 10.0.1 MacosX.2 G4 Dual Quote Link to comment
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