Semi-transparent box on desktop

[Ric Moore]

On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 00:48 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> Frank Cox wrote:
> > I just noticed that if you left-click on your Gnome desktop, hold the
> > button down and move the mouse, you create a little semi-transparent box on
> > your desktop.  It goes away as soon as you release the mouse button.
> > 
> > What is that for, if anything at all?
> 
> It is a selection 'lasso' that should select any icons that you 
> encompass.  Then you can do any of the usual things that you can do to 
> selected icons - drag, copy, delete, etc.  Most other windows should 
> work the same way.

Coolness! It works in KDE, too. Ric

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