Auto-expand browser.... @#$%

[Anonymous]

Looking for some support on removing the auto-expand feature in the browser when the mouse is over the icon. Since IV selects the way it does, i live with my mouse over the browser (for the most part) - this means that the freakin parts in the browser are opening all over the place and when i go to click on the part i want, its off the freakin screen now!!!!
Does anyone use this feature or can Adesk remove it and fill it with something a bit more usefull.. perhaps scrolling capabilities while over the browser??? No... that would make too much sense.

[Anonymous]

yes options good stable program better on off switchs to stop the things you don't want that they added pricless

[Anonymous]

Yep, I just tried it and it expands. I have never even noticed that, I
agree. The more options, the better, provided that it is published how to
turn on and off the features.

"Sean Dotson" wrote in message
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> It does it on Win2K also.
>
> Hover over a collapsed part or assembly *icon* in the browser. After a
> second or two it will expand.
>
> Personally it never bothered me but I'm all for options.
>
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> "mpower" wrote in message
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> > Is this an XP thing. I'm on Win2k and I don't see what the problem is.
>
>

[Anonymous]

Now wait, I like "auto expand". Couldn't you just move the hot spot
to the plus sign and add a timer (aka, Select Other). And I would love
to be able to export the browser (current state) to txt or fully
expanded to excel (aka, Gary McMaster's "export assy tree" for mdt).
darvin

"Gary R Smith (Autodesk)" wrote in message
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> > "Jayman" wrote in message
> > Looking for some support on removing the auto-expand feature
>
> I wish I had a nickel for every complaint I've heard about he last
time I took something out 😉
>
> MicroSoft never did the auto-expand thing - but then it showed up and
we all thought it'd be cool, so it got added. I checked this afternoon
to see if we made the delay variable or accessible (or tied it to a
registry setting).
>
> We didn't.
>
> Its hard coded.
>
> I suspect that the easiest thing to do would be to make the pause
value a variable and then expose the variable on one of the options
tabs - then you could just turn it off.
>
> I'm not saying this is on anybody's list of things to do.
>
> I do know that there are still quite a few organizational things that
we'd like to do to the browsers. User-defined browser folders is at the
top of my list of favorites.
>
> I would also REALLY like the ability to split the browser in half
(like Word does) to the top of the browser could be looking at one place
and the bottom could be someplace else. This would be helpful in cases
where you do a FIND OTHER HALF and the other half is halfway across the
galaxy.
>
> Exporting the browser as text comes to mind...
>
> ...as does a browser ZOOM function. I could imagine a browser that
might allow me to "zoom out" so that initially the text got smaller (say
decrementing my point size or something) until "leaf node" parts
"disappeared" and you were left looking a subassemblies, etc... Sort of
a "level of detail" behavior for the browser.
>
> One of the projects being looked at is targeting increased performance
via evaluation of "levels of detail" of the parts of the assembly. I
suspect that as this project moves forward (along with others in the
planning stages) there will be browser changes.
>
> When those happen - it would be good to have some sort of "concensus"
on the auto-expand pause thing.
>
> G
>

[Anonymous]

Doesn't Charles Assembly Bom Extractor do close to the same thing as Gary's program?

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"darvinv" wrote in message
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> Now wait, I like "auto expand". Couldn't you just move the hot spot
> to the plus sign and add a timer (aka, Select Other). And I would love
> to be able to export the browser (current state) to txt or fully
> expanded to excel (aka, Gary McMaster's "export assy tree" for mdt).
> darvin

[Anonymous]

I think? so. But I'm really more concerned with full browser detail,
rather than just BOM type info. More as a modelling documentation and
analasys tool than a parts list type tool.
darvin

"Kent Keller" wrote in message
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> Doesn't Charles Assembly Bom Extractor do close to the same thing as
Gary's program?
>
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> Kent
> Assistant Moderator
> Autodesk Discussion Forum Moderator Program
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>
> "darvinv" wrote in message
> news:84A164DAB8C9457DE03B08A9F8FB565C@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > Now wait, I like "auto expand". Couldn't you just move the hot
spot
> > to the plus sign and add a timer (aka, Select Other). And I would
love
> > to be able to export the browser (current state) to txt or fully
> > expanded to excel (aka, Gary McMaster's "export assy tree" for mdt).
> > darvin
>
>