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 -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too ================================================
