Orca Re: Right clicking on blank parts of the desktop?

On 15 May 2006, at 21:20, Al Puzzuoli wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to create a desktop icon.  From what I
understand, the  
> way to do so is to right click on a blank part of the
desktop;  
> However, the problem I'm experiencing is that focus
always seems to  
> land on an icon; therefore, I wind up  with the context
menu for  
> that particular icon as opposed to the general menu
that would  
> allow me to create a new item.  Is there currently a
workaround to  
> this issue?

I can't reproduce that problem here, but you can always
press Ctrl 
+F10 to bring up the desktop context menu when a desktop
icon has  
focus.  (As opposed to Shift+F10, which brings up the
icon's context  
menu.)

Cheeri,
Calum.

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Ireland
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