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Re: Graphic resizing problem Linux notebook

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• Subject: [mg54745] Re: Graphic resizing problem Linux notebook
• From: D Herring <dherring at at.uiuc.dot.edu>
• Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 03:28:19 -0500 (EST)
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• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

> When I click on a graphic such as a plot output, Mathematica should highlight
> the graphic with a bounding box, and supply anchors with which to resize
> the graphic.
> 
> The box and anchors should remain *indefinitely* until I click somewhere
> else to signify that I'm done.
> 
> Instead, the selected state of the graphic disappears in about 2
> seconds, so it is too quick to get a hold of one of the anchors to resize.

workaround:
click the mouse above or below the picture's cell.  Use the up and down 
arrows on the keyboard to move to the picture's cell.  Then the anchors 
will appear and stay until dragged with the mouse.

I'd done this before, but forgot the trick when posting previously.

Later,
Daniel