Ever had a bunch of programs open and all your screen covered with open documents and you need to go to the desktop quickly ? You'd have to go "Finder" menu item and then select "Hide Others" or option-click on the desktop, right?(BTW, option-clicking on the desktop only hides the frontmost app)
Not any more - enter QuikHide - a little extension that does all this for you. Click on the red dot(which may be changed to a cool icon in the future ) in the right corner of the menu bar and you're on the desktop instantly and all apps and their documents are hidden from view.
If you're in the Finder the dot turns green. If you click on it you'll be back in the app that was frontmost when you clicked the red dot. If you command - click on the dot (whether you're in the Finder or not) you'll see a dialog that lets you control the behavior of the extension. You can place the dot in the right or left corner of the screen andchange its behavior to your liking. The changes are effective immediately and are saved between restarts
For ye, technical types:
The code uses Extension Shell by Dair Grant (THANK YOU!!) to install a JGNE filter , then monitors mouseDown events for the click in the place of interest. Then it counts menu items of the Finder menu ID -16489 , finds the right name (Either "Finder" or "Hide Others") , stuffs the item ID and menu ID into a long and calls SystemMenu. That's all there is to it
This program is Whateverware - I'd appreciate some feedback on how it works and how it made your life easier (it did make mine a lot easier ) :-))
Drop it in your System folder, restart and enjoy!!
(not my ) BUG NOTE:
There's a conflict between Quark 3.31 and System Software update 2.0 : If you try to hide Quark even without my INIT, it freezes. So until there's a fix don't try to hide Quark either manually or through my extension.
I tried QuickHide with a variety of programs on both PPC and 68K Macs and it seems to be working fine.
