I know there was discussion on hte list the other day talking about
how we "like" to do things via code.

Another way to do this is to simply use the duplicate handle right off
the menu item to "tear off" a copy of it, drop it anywhere on the
desktop.  Not as clean as a single "toggle" button, but still
representative of the incredible customizability of Squeak's IDE...

On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Casey Ransberger <casey.obrien.r at gmail.com>
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>> Chris, that's exactly what caused me to put a toggle in a top level
>> menu, now that you mention it; I'm using Linux these days and drilling
>> down to the feature is too ergonomically expensive when I need to do
>> it in order to switch to the web browser. It's a nasty bug. Anyway I
>> like having the toggle (rather than separate on/of menu items, yuck)
>> at a top level.
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> I like a button in the top-left hand corner of the screen.  Find attached.
>  You'll have to modify the script to send toggleFullScreen to an implementor
> there-of (e.g. Project current instead of screenController).  And it would
> be great if the full screen icon didn't include a background colour.
> HTH
> Eliot
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>> On Sunday, May 2, 2010, Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I love full-screen mode, there is something "zen-like" about being
>> > completely "in" the Squeak environment rather than just "looking in
>> > from the outside."  Unfortunately, ever since I switched to Linux I
>> > haven't been able to use it because it prevents my switching to other
>> > windows.  :(
>> >
>> > With Linux, it seems a full-screen app takes over completely and
>> > doesn't let any other windows appear on top of it for more than a
>> > split second after using Alt+Tab.  Even worse, the full-screen window
>> > loses keyboard focus, so you actually have to left-click somewhere to
>> > regain control.
>> >
>> > Windows does it right, allowing other windows on top of the full-screen
>> > window..
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>> > On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 3:56 AM,  <commits at source.squeak.org> wrote:
>> >> A new version of System was added to project The Inbox:
>> >> http://source.squeak.org/inbox/System-cbr.324.mcz
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>> >> ==================== Summary ====================
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>> >> Name: System-cbr.324
>> >> Author: cbr
>> >> Time: 1 May 2010, 1:55:40.914 am
>> >> UUID: 72de37e3-f54d-4f9e-a3a0-f9a622aa2b0f
>> >> Ancestors: System-bf.323
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>> >> Added a method #toggleFullScreen to project. Convenient if you want to
>> >> be able to switch between modes with a single menu item. Added to support a
>> >> menu item to do the same in TheWorldMainDockingBar.
>> >>
>> >> =============== Diff against System-bf.323 ===============
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>> >> Item was added:
>> >> + ----- Method: Project>>toggleFullScreen (in category 'menu messages')
>> >> -----
>> >> + toggleFullScreen
>> >> +       "Toggle between full screen and windowed mode."
>> >> +       self lastScreenModeSelected
>> >> +               ifTrue: [ self fullScreenOff ]
>> >> +               ifFalse: [ self fullScreenOn ]!
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>> --
>> Casey Ransberger
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