I’m running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit and I’m having some weird behavior. In Windows Explorer, I’m viewing a directory with lots of sub-directories in “Details” view. I’m scrolled down a bit (see 1st screenshot). I enter a sub-directory (in this case, KDiff3) via double-click, then navigate back via the back button. Now, Windows Explorer has … Read more
Whenever you use win+b to hotkey to the notification tray (system tray), it’ll snap your mouse to whatever you hit enter or space to “select” that icon. This actually messes up subsequent win+b selection as the highlight event will key in to where your mouse’s current position is, making full-keyboard navigation impossible. Solutions? Answer AttributionSource … Read more
I have to navigate through a series of directories containing software installers. I’ve written a small bash function that gets me to the main folder that contains all of the builds, but the file names of the sub-directories are ridiculously long. The main folder is named “release” and contains directories with names like “Build 10 … Read more
I’m running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit and I’m having some weird behavior. In Windows Explorer, I’m viewing a directory with lots of sub-directories in “Details” view. I’m scrolled down a bit (see 1st screenshot). I enter a sub-directory (in this case, KDiff3) via double-click, then navigate back via the back button. Now, Windows Explorer has … Read more
I like navigating forms in web browsers with the keyboard, but chrome is making this very difficult. Normally when you hit tab to select the next form item, a dotted rectangle or something like that highlights it, so you know which item you’re editing. Chrome isn’t doing that consistently in all web sites. Is there … Read more
Is there a way to set up a keyboard shortcut such that, after I hit it, a new mail window for Thunderbird opens up on the current viewport? Under XP I did this by using the OS’s built-in mailto: URL handler. I know how to set that in Gnome (using gconf) but I don’t know … Read more
After clicking on a internal link in an PDF in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, how can I go back to the location of the text where the link is located? Examples of internal link in a PDF (green rectangles): I use Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Version 20.12.20041.394260. Answer There are the “Previous View” and “Next … Read more
We’re working on a parallel install/upgrade of SharePoint. The client has WSS 2003 on some old hardware. We’ve installed MOSS 2007 in a medium farm environment. They want to use this as an opportunity to not just upgrade and use the new features, but to also better organize their content and categorize between different site … Read more
I used to be able to navigate downward in web pages in Firefox on Windows 7. I just installed Firefox 4 and can no longer do this. I tried going back to version 3.6 but the problem has been carried back to that version too. How can I restore the original functionality? Answer It seems … Read more
I’m kind of missing this feature which I use all the time in Visual Studio when browsing through the code, inside my browser (it’s Ctrl+-). So how is such feature supposed to work in a browser? The page is loaded and the top part of it is displayed. You use in-page navigation controls like scroll, … Read more
