File Selector window is FULL screen, how do I reduce it?

PhilKE3FL · Post by **PhilKE3FL** » Wed May 02, 2018 12:32 am

When I try to open a file the window that pops up with the files in the current folder is full screen, how do I get it back to being less than full screen mode?

ben_josephs · Post by **ben_josephs** » Wed May 02, 2018 8:33 am

In the Open File(s) window:

Double click the top border
or
Right-click the top border and choose Restore
or
Left-click the TextPad icon and choose Restore
or
Enter <Alt-Space, R>

This is not specific to TextPad.

PhilKE3FL · Post by **PhilKE3FL** » Wed May 02, 2018 1:08 pm

Thanks! Tried the right-click / Restore & that worked.

What did you mean by not Textpad specific. When Textpad was doing this no other program had the same problem.

Also, what could I have done that caused this to happen? Any ideas?

I've had a number of "fat finger" problems like this one where I do something, no idea what, but eventually find a way to fix it & then eventually figure out what fat-finger combo is causing the problem.

Thanks!

Post by **AmigoJack** » Wed May 02, 2018 2:13 pm

PhilKE3FL wrote:What did you mean by not Textpad specific.

That this maneuver can be applied to every window, because windows used to work just like that since at least 1990: you either minimize or maximize them, or "restore" them from either mode. Hover your mouse cursor over the three topright window buttons and read the hints. Repeat for a maximized/non-maximized window.

PhilKE3FL wrote:Also, what could I have done that caused this to happen? Any ideas?

I've had a number of "fat finger" problems like this one

Maximizing a window can be achieved by ALT+SPACE (opening the system menu of the window), then hitting X (which is underscored for the "Maximize" item).

Likewise you could hit ALT+SPACE and then N to minimize a window.