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Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows

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In article <do_ray_me-12B3FA.11192511022014@news.albasani.net>, dorayme
<do_ray_me@bigpond.com> wrote:

> It is a little strange that in Finder, Option click on red close 
> button tends to close all Finder windows including Get Info whereas an 
> Option button click on any Get Info will only close only that 
> particular Get Info window. If it is not a bug, if it is not just some 
> overlooked something in the OS, there might be some reason why these 
> are so special. 

it's very strange, which is why i mentioned it.

it's obviously a bug, and one that likely will never be fixed, just
like most of finder's bugs, some of which have been there for over a
decade and counting. 

> Anyway, was the OP not wanting to know how to close a whole lot of Get 
> Info windows? The answer, at least in SL seems to be ...:
> 
> * Open (if necessary) and close a normal directory window by Option 
> clicking its close button. 

that works but that has the downside of closing the finder windows too.

the get info problem happens when you select a bunch of files and do a
get info and forget to use the option key to get the inspector version
instead of the individual get info windows (which is also a bad
design).

then you have an absolute mess on your hands, yet apple does not see
this as a problem. 

> Get Info windows are like some dogs. They won't listen (or pretend not 
> to listen!) to direct commands when it does not suit them, but if 
> another dog does something, it will follow suit.

sort of like some usenet posters.

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RE: How to auto close all Get Info Windows stoutyhk <stoutyhk@gmail.com> - 2014-02-09 09:32 -0600
  Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows David Ryeburn <david_ryeburn@telus.netz> - 2014-02-09 11:53 -0800
    Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-10 09:15 +1100
      Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-02-09 22:44 +0000
        Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-02-10 10:08 -0500
          Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-10 16:42 +0000
            Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-10 13:36 -0500
              Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-02-10 20:30 -0500
                Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-11 01:36 +0000
                Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-10 21:21 -0500
            Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-10 19:39 +0000
              Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-10 14:52 -0500
          Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-11 06:37 +1100
            Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-11 08:05 +1100
              Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-10 16:31 -0500
                Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-11 11:19 +1100
                Re: How to auto close all Get Info Windows nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-10 20:01 -0500

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