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Authored by: mr5m on Oct 18, '02 04:52:55AM

That's a good idea.

However, since the option key is a standard modifier, there are advantages to keeping your extra mousse button as a "pure" option-click. For example, option-clicking on the red, close window button, will make an application close all its open windows. This works in the Finder too. Also in the Finder, option-dragging a file will copy it. Option-clicking to open a folder, will make the Finder close the parent window.

Another example I use all the time is with the zoom tool. In every Adobe program, holding down the option key switches from zoom in, to zoom out and visa versa. With an option-click on your mouse, you don't have to switch tools from the tools palette.



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