Dialog View

What it is

A persistent annoyance about the Macintosh interface: although file names can be up to 31 characters long, the Standard File dialog boxes (produced by choosing Open or Save from the File menu) don’t display that many characters. In System 7, long file names are displayed in compressed type, but that’s not a very satisfactory solution.

Dialog View lets you change the appearance of directory dialog boxes (Open and Save). You can control what kind of icons are used, increase the height and width of the file list, and set the font for the file list.

What you need

System 6.0.4 or later.

Installation summary

Open the SOFTWARE SAMPLER folder on the CD-ROM. Open the Dialog View folder; drag the Dialog View control panel onto your System Folder icon. Click OK. Restart the Mac.

The manual

Dialog View’s manual is a self-contained, double-clickable electronic document (in the Dialog View folder). Use the Chapters menu to turn pages.

Notes and credits

Shareware; $10 requested. Author: James W. Walker.

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