2 years ago
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Nice Touch: Background Window Scrolling in OS X
I was beaten to the punch. I was going to write a post about how great it would be if I could scroll windows in the background in OS X. I had even created a graphic for it.
“I’d love to be able to scroll through a webpage and take notes on it in Stickies without switching applications,” I was thinking.
But then Apple took care of it:
Excellent!
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Pedro
Friday, October 19, 2007
3:37 am
You can do this in Windows, no?
Matt McVickar
Friday, October 19, 2007
7:14 am
No, not that I’m aware of. I did some random Googling and testing in Windows XP, and couldn’t find that functionality anywhere. Do you remember how you did this, if it does work?
I did just discover, however, that the ⌘ key in OS X (aka
command), can be used to manipulate the scrollbar in an inactive window. I knew that holding the button would allow you to move a window, but it also lets you move the scrollbar around. Of course, this is only useful if you can get to the scrollbar; the Leopard solution is much better.Pedro
Friday, October 19, 2007
8:49 am
On my Windows computer (ugh) at work, I often keep an IM in front and scroll in Firefox in the background.