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No more grey backgrounds
Authored by: robg on Jun 01, '04 07:58:48AM

The problem with an application to do this (I used to use TextEdit to accomplish basically the same thing) is that it adds to the required application switching to get the layering right. So if I need a screenshot of a given app with a Finder window open behind it, or of app #1 with app #2 also visible, I have to do a fair amount of clicking in just the right order to get the windows all set up on the proper layers.

Setting the Finder background gets rid of one more thing to manage in the screenshot process, saving some time at the expense of desktop beauty :).

-rob.



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No more grey backgrounds
Authored by: jmhaney on Jun 05, '04 10:41:16AM
There's an easy enough solution to this. I can update Backdrop to give a setting which will place it behind everything, just like the background on your computer. I didn't have this in the past because, for my own purposes, I needed the blank white to cover the 300 icons on my desktop! :-)

Thanks lagroue for mentioning my little Freeware app...



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Re: thanks
Authored by: lagroue on Jun 08, '04 11:53:48AM

You're welcome !



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Backdrop 1.1
Authored by: jmhaney on Jul 17, '04 10:53:43AM

I just released an update to Backdrop which has the option to place the window behind the desktop icons (this may only work for 10.2 or later).



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