Re: Right clicking on blank parts of the desktop?

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

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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