Ever wanted to temporarily hide that ubiquitous menu bar? What about everything else on the screen? With this FKEY you can do both at a touch of a key combination.
INSTALLATION:
There are several ways to install the FKEY, depending on how you organise your disk. Personally, I use Suitcase™ to open the FKEY file, but if you prefer you can use a FKEY moving utility (such as the FKEY Manager) to copy it into a large FKEY file, or indeed the System file. You could also use ResEdit™ to copy the FKEY resource into your System file, or one of several other utilities that are available.
USAGE:
To use the FKEY (once it’s installed, of course), simply press Command-Shift-9 (or whichever number you have renumbered the FKEY to) to activate it. That’s all you have to do: the menubar will be hidden and control returned to you almost instantaneously. To show then menubar again, simply press the Command-Shift-9 sequence again. The other feature of this FKEY, hiding everything on the screen so you can admire your current background picture (if you are using one of the many backdrop installation extensions available) can be activated simply by pressing Caps Lock first, then pressing the Command-Shift-9 sequence. The picture will be displayed until you move the mouse; then the former screen contents will be restored and you can proceed with what you were doing.
RELEASE & CHANGE HISTORY:
• 1.0.2: 8 June 1993; Fixed problem where the full-screen mode would immediately return instead of waiting for the user to ask it to.
• 1.0.1: 9 June 1991; Fixed problem where it wouldn’t update window titles which were revealed by hiding the menubar.
• 1.0: 31 March 1991; First public release.
• 22 February 1991; Concept, design and initial version written.
ABOUT:
This FKEY is being released as Freeware. You may give it away to anyone, provided it is unmodified and you include all the files described above. Since it’s not Shareware, you may continue to use it without paying me any money, however if you wanted to donate something I wouldn’t turn you down!
If you come across any bugs, please let me know. Rest assured I have checked it quite extensively, and found it works fine on my machine and those of my Beta Testers, but I accept no responsibility if it trashes your hard disk or blows up your Mac.
You may be interested in other programs I’ve written, including some high quality Shareware applications. Write to the address below, or contact me via e-mail, for more information. If you want to receive the Dejal Userware™ disk, which includes every program I have written and released as Shareware or Freeware, plus my sound catalogue, send US$5 or provide your credit card details (I can accept VISA, MasterCard, Bankcard, Diners Club and American Express, as well as cash & checks in any major currency or international money orders) — I can even accept credit card orders via e-mail!
NOTE: If the copyright date of this version is more than a few months old, there is a good chance that I’ve released a new version since this one. If you contact me, I will tell you what is the latest version. Ordering the Dejal Userware disk will ensure that you get the latest versions of all my Shareware and Freeware. (I still get registrations based on the first released version of SndConverter™, even though it has been upgraded many times since then!)
Please let me know if you use this program, by writing or e-mailing:
David Lambert
Dejal Userware
12 Scorpio Place
Mairangi Bay
Auckland 10
NEW ZEALAND
Internet and AOL: dejal@deepthought.kiwi.gen.nz
CompuServe: via Internet preferably, or 100033,2435
I read the Internet mail every day, and will reply immediately (allow a couple of days for net.delay), but only call CI$ once a fortnight, or less.
