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MS Access Forum / General 2 / February 2007How do I get rid of XP's MDI chaos?
Sorry for cross-posting but there was no respond in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general. :-( Sometimes I need to open three or more A2002 projects at once. So I have 3 or more items in taskbar menu for main projects. When I open any object (form, report, form's class module, report's class module, etc...) in any of the projects I get a new item in task list. So when I open, say, 1 form and it's class module in each project I get CHAOS in my task list - it's very difficult to switch to a correct object in correct project; it takes some time to decide where I want to switch because there are too many open objects. In Win 95/98 there was only one window for each project and I could easily switch to the "latest" object in any project. "Latest" object means the one that I currently work with. Images (XP CZ SP2): tasks-grouping set to ON: http://img171.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=76942_MDI_chaos_1_122_266lo.jpg tasks-grouping set to OFF: http://img105.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=77040_MDI_chaos_2_122_52lo.jpg Alt+Tab task-list: http://img19.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=77067_MDI_chaos_3_122_52lo.jpg Alt+Tab task-list with "Alt Tab TaskSwitcher PowerToy": http://img16.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=77117_MDI_chaos_4_122_199lo.jpg Is there any workaround to get rid of XP's MDI chaos? I really hate this "feature". I think that this behaviour is common for all MDI applications. As far as you can see there's real CHAOS!!! Grrrrrrrr.... :-( TIA Vlado P.S. Pls, excuse me for my poor English... :-/ P.P.S. If you have no solution, let me know, pls: What is your opinion? What do you think about MDI chaos? > Sorry for cross-posting but there was no respond in > microsoft.public.windowsxp.general. :-( [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > What > do you think about MDI chaos? Hi Vlado, In A2002 Tools | Options... View, Show frame, uncheck "Windows in Taskbar". It works for me, and I agree MDI is very chaotic in any application, even with only one document open!  SignatureSmartin YES! It works for me, too! Thank you very much for your respond, Smartin. Vlado >> Sorry for cross-posting but there was no respond in >> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general. :-( [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] > It works for me, and I agree MDI is very chaotic in any application, even > with only one document open! > YES! It works for me, too! > Thank you very much for your respond, Smartin. You are welcome. Sometimes it's the little things, eh? SignatureSmartin :-) You're right. But it's quite difficult to find these little things. Vlado >> YES! It works for me, too! >> Thank you very much for your respond, Smartin. > > You are welcome. Sometimes it's the little things, eh? Use the Menu Command Tools / Options ... / View tab and uncheck the "Windows In TaskBar" option and you are done ... SignatureHTH Van T. Dinh MVP (Access) > Sorry for cross-posting but there was no respond in > microsoft.public.windowsxp.general. :-( [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > What > do you think about MDI chaos? TYVM for your respond. It really works! Vlado > Use the Menu Command Tools / Options ... / View tab and uncheck the > "Windows In TaskBar" option and you are done ... [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] >> What >> do you think about MDI chaos? > Sometimes I need to open three or more A2002 projects at once. So > I have 3 or more items in taskbar menu for main projects. When I [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > and I could easily switch to the "latest" object in any project. > "Latest" object means the one that I currently work with. I love this kind of Microsoft thinking: 1. make a problem to solve (i.e., the MDI document interface in Office 97 and before). 2. in the process of "solving" the made-up "problem" create worse problems (i.e., the multiplicity of windows). 3. write something into your new operating system to work around the problem you created in "solving" the made-up "problem" (in this case, group application windows in the TaskBar). When running any of the SDI versions of Office programs, I turn off the SDI for the applications that allow it, and when running it on WinXP, I turn off the application grouping, so that it works like A97 on Win2K and before. That is, so that it works in a sensible fashion without all the complications created by the stupid move of introducing the SDI (the only justification I can see is that web browsers worked that way; except now they don't, because they all have tabs, because THE SINGLE DOCUMENT INTERFACE SUCKS). SignatureDavid W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/ usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/ :-) TYVM for your opinion, David. I'm glad I'm not the only one... ;-) Vlado >> Sometimes I need to open three or more A2002 projects at once. So >> I have 3 or more items in taskbar menu for main projects. When I [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > except now they don't, because they all have tabs, because THE > SINGLE DOCUMENT INTERFACE SUCKS). |
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