WB open windows in same window?

r6stu · 19 October 2019, 18:39

HI, Just wondering if there are any hacks for workbench, so that when you open a new folder, it opens in the same window instead of opening a new one?

When you get 4 or 5 deep, it starts getting full.

Daedalus · 21 October 2019, 10:56

Not really in Workbench itself - it simply doesn't work like that. If you're using any version from Workbench 3.5 on, you can hold down the right Amiga key when opening a drawer and it will close the previous drawer, so even though there's a new window opened, you don't leave a trail of windows open behind it.

Alternatively, managing your files with an alternative system like DOpus (particularly DOpus 5, which can replace Workbench), you'll have additional options for using just a single window.

trixster · 21 October 2019, 13:14

Another possible option is to get hold of 3.1.4 intuition.library (or power windows ng) to enable dragging windows off the edge of the screen, thereby giving yourself more desktop real estate.

Leandro Jardim · 21 October 2019, 14:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daedalus

Not really in Workbench itself - it simply doesn't work like that. If you're using any version from Workbench 3.5 on, you can hold down the right Amiga key when opening a drawer and it will close the previous drawer, so even though there's a new window opened, you don't leave a trail of windows open behind it.

There is also ClickClose for OS2.1+ that works in a similar way.

r6stu · 22 September 2021, 18:58

Cheers, I will try ClickClose

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21 October 2019, 10:56	#2
Daedalus Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dublin, then Glasgow Posts: 6,334	Not really in Workbench itself - it simply doesn't work like that. If you're using any version from Workbench 3.5 on, you can hold down the right Amiga key when opening a drawer and it will close the previous drawer, so even though there's a new window opened, you don't leave a trail of windows open behind it. Alternatively, managing your files with an alternative system like DOpus (particularly DOpus 5, which can replace Workbench), you'll have additional options for using just a single window.

21 October 2019, 13:14	#3
trixster Guru Meditating Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: England Posts: 2,337	Another possible option is to get hold of 3.1.4 intuition.library (or power windows ng) to enable dragging windows off the edge of the screen, thereby giving yourself more desktop real estate.

22 September 2021, 18:58	#5
r6stu Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Southampton Age: 43 Posts: 112	Cheers, I will try ClickClose

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