You may know that if you command-click on a window's title bar, then a pop-up menu appears showing you the hierarchy at which the file is stored on the drive. You may also know that if you click-and-hold-then-drag on the window's name or icon, then you can move the file that is associated with that window (to drag and drop it on another application, for example). Further still you may know that you can command-drag a window that is in the background to move it without bringing the window forward.
What if, however, you want to move the file associated with a window that is in the background? Command-clicking on the title will bring up the background window's file hierarchy, thus spoiling your attempt to drag the file in the background. You can work around this by using Command-Shift-Click instead of just Command-Click. Hold for a second, and then drag to move the file of window in the background. The Shift key avoids bringing up the pop-up menu and lets you drag the file!
This is very handy for dragging BBEdit windows into the developer tool FileMerge, for example, without playing window and application switching games.
What if, however, you want to move the file associated with a window that is in the background? Command-clicking on the title will bring up the background window's file hierarchy, thus spoiling your attempt to drag the file in the background. You can work around this by using Command-Shift-Click instead of just Command-Click. Hold for a second, and then drag to move the file of window in the background. The Shift key avoids bringing up the pop-up menu and lets you drag the file!
This is very handy for dragging BBEdit windows into the developer tool FileMerge, for example, without playing window and application switching games.
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