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Discussion in 'Internet Explorer & Microsoft Edge' started by laasunde, 2002/09/11.

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  1. 2002/09/11
    laasunde

    laasunde Inactive Thread Starter

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    I have another tinny question, if you right click on a link and click "open in new window ", is it possible to minimize the new window instead of having it popup infront of the one your currently reading. Usually when Im using the function "open in new window" Im interested in finish the current article before I read the new window.

    Cheers :)

    Lars
     
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    Welshjim

    Welshjim Inactive

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    laasunde--Yes, you can control the size of the new window.
    The first time around you have to set things up and manually resize it by putting the cursor at any edge of the window, and when you see a double-headed arrow, drag the window edges to the size you want. (The corrugated area at the bottom right corner allows you to drag two dimensions at once.) You drag the position by dragging on the Title Bar at the very top of the screen.
    Now to have the New Window open in the new size and position automatically the next time you Open a New Window, there are two schools of thought. One says to just close the resized window normally, and the next time you "open a new window" it will remember the size of the previously modified New Window. The other says to simultaneously hold down the Control button when you close the window to have the window remember its new size/position. You can try both.

    Another way, once you have opened the new window, is to right click on a blank spot on the taskbar (the very bottom of the screen). Click on Tile Windows Horizontally (or Vertically-- it is a matter of personal preference.). You will now have both windows sharing the screen. And you can go to a new window for either without interfering with the other. Convenient for starting up the third page. The drawback is that you will eventually have to manually resize both windows (as described above) to get back to a full screen view of a single window.

    And of course you can just minimize the new window after you have opened it by clicking on the - (minus) box at the top right, but I have understood you do not want to have to use that extra step and/or have the new window obliterate the first even for a few seconds.
     
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