Barry's Simple Network
Barry's Simple Network
I have been contacted by a convert to Puppy, so far the verdict is good, I have helped him tweak the little aspects that confused him.
But the big one is, he uses Barry's network, loves it, it always works over the other ones in there. The problem is that when it populates with the scan, he cannot get to the connect button, presumably because of the 1024X600 screen.
He even tried some bacofoil sheet to try and obscure some of the network population with a bit of success.
I haven't seen what's happening, it sounds as though it disappears out of view though.
But is Barry's hardcoded or might there be some way of moving the connect button to a location where it could be reached on a netbook?
Said he was close to tears one day trying to get to his network lol.
But the big one is, he uses Barry's network, loves it, it always works over the other ones in there. The problem is that when it populates with the scan, he cannot get to the connect button, presumably because of the 1024X600 screen.
He even tried some bacofoil sheet to try and obscure some of the network population with a bit of success.
I haven't seen what's happening, it sounds as though it disappears out of view though.
But is Barry's hardcoded or might there be some way of moving the connect button to a location where it could be reached on a netbook?
Said he was close to tears one day trying to get to his network lol.
Re: Barry's Simple Network
You can move any window on the desktop by holding down the ALT key, placing the mouse cursor anywhere in the window and then dragging with the mouse. This allows you to move it even if you can't see the title bar.Smithy wrote:might there be some way of moving the connect button to a location where it could be reached on a netbook?
Cheers, J
Yes ALT key works but DO NOT release it until button is well into view, it can slip below bottom menu bar. Once connected you may not be able to reach ALT focus area, and its safe to hover over title in titlebar, right click and close from popup menu.
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Last edited by Ted Dog on Mon 21 Oct 2013, 19:14, edited 1 time in total.
Hi Smithy
Two solutions :
1) Try another puppy thats better suited to a smaller screen, ie Saluki. Saluki-NOP, Puppeee or similar.
2) When at the offending screen :-
depress Alt and the left mouse-click button simultaneously - and whilst keeping then depressed - use the cursor to drag the screen up
(or down, or in any direction)
thus allowing the previously hidden part to be seen.
HTH - best regards - Ray
edit: looks like I will have to improve my thinking and typing speeds,
hope all works out well.
Two solutions :
1) Try another puppy thats better suited to a smaller screen, ie Saluki. Saluki-NOP, Puppeee or similar.
2) When at the offending screen :-
depress Alt and the left mouse-click button simultaneously - and whilst keeping then depressed - use the cursor to drag the screen up
(or down, or in any direction)
thus allowing the previously hidden part to be seen.
HTH - best regards - Ray
edit: looks like I will have to improve my thinking and typing speeds,
hope all works out well.
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if the window disappears from the screen altogether, right click its taskbar button and select "move." the mouse will grab it from where ever it is and you'll see it as an outline which you can then position, clicking the mouse again to release it. double click the title bar and it should fill whatever the screen dimensions are correctly.
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Buttons off screen
Hi, I use puppy 5.2.8 on my laptop with jwm, and I can right click the icon for the program in the tskbar and choose resize.
I then make the whole window smaller and choose whatever input button I need to.
I don't know if this will work for any other version of puppy though.
I then make the whole window smaller and choose whatever input button I need to.
I don't know if this will work for any other version of puppy though.