Friedrich Huebler described difficulties in using the various windows in Stata 8 that result from
the always-on-top behavior of the Review and Variables windows. Arnold Levinson suggested
making the always-on-top behavior optional.
I just began using Stata 8 (Windows XP, 1024 X 768 pixels, conventional arrangement of the
windows), and I have to concur with both. I find that the current behavior of the Review and
Variables windows is often an impediment, and I would like to open other windows on top of
them, or at least be able to make various windows (including the Review and Variables)
"active" and therefore on top when I need to access them.
I use the Graphics dialogue boxes most frequently, since I am least familiar with Stata 8's new
graphics. I find myself having to drag many graphics dialogue boxes rightward every time that I
invoke them in order to get them out in the open from beneath the Review window. Is there a
way to get them to open in a new default postion over the Review window? In order to change
their default position, I tried to drag them out and close them with various keys held depressed,
and to Save Windowing Preferences, but when I open Stata, the graphics dialogue boxes open
in their original locations partially underneath the Review window.
Joseph Coveney
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