Double-click to edit?

Anyone know of a hack er something to get a double-click in the card panel's background to flip between edit/view modes?
--jason
MacBookPro17,PowerMacG5 Mac OS X (10.4.10) Avid Crack Smoker

Ben:
1 - No. We can't change those default features of iPhoto.
2 - the highlight color is hard coded in the application and is not user changeable.
It's just the nature of the beast.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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2. Minor Database corruption: Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild.
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4. A corrupted iPhoto Cache: Trash the com.apple.iPhoto folder from HD/Users/Your Name/ Library/ Caches...
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2. Closing and reloading the page.
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<div style="height:100px;overflow:hidden;">
This content will not be editable without double clicking on it. Furthermore, any floats contained within this div will be cleared before closing the div, allowing the div to completely wrap its contents.
This content will not be editable without double clicking on it. Furthermore, any floats contained within this div will be cleared before closing the div, allowing the div to completely wrap its contents.
This content will not be editable without double clicking on it. Furthermore, any floats contained within this div will be cleared before closing the div, allowing the div to completely wrap its contents.
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How to make Double Click To Edit work instead of ClickToEdit for Af:Table

Hi All,
We use AF:Table in clickToEdit mode and most of the time the users use this table for selecting a master record then work on the detail records. To avoid the cost of rendering the selected row as editable we would like to change the behavior to Double Click To edit. This way the user can intentionally put the selected row in edit mode when needed. What would be the best approach to achieve this ?
We use 11.1.1.6 and ADF BC.
Thanks

Not sure if you can get it to work in 11.1.1.6.0 as you don't have the ActiveRowKey property which can be used to make a table row editable. The property comes with 11gr2.
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Timo

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I've searched the help files and tried various Inspector settings, but cannot seem to get this wonderful timesaving feature working for my own Master Slide fields. Is it possible?

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Message was edited by: Eliezer Kanal

Needs double click to edit cell in JTable

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Below, are my (trimmed-down) codes:
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public class TestComponent extends JPanel{
private int componentHeight=16;
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setLayout(new BoxLayout(this, BoxLayout.X_AXIS));
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case 1: createCheckBox(); break;
case 2: createCombo(); break;
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          oText.setMinimumSize(fieldSize);
          oText.setMaximumSize(fieldSize);
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public class ComponentCellEditor extends AbstractCellEditor
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protected JComponent editorComponent = null;
public Component getComponent() {
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public Object getCellEditorValue() {
return editorComponent;
public boolean isCellEditable(EventObject anEvent) {
return true;
public boolean shouldSelectCell(EventObject anEvent) {
return true;
public boolean stopCellEditing() {
fireEditingStopped();
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// Implementing the TreeCellEditor Interface
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this.editorComponent = (TestComponent)value;
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public class ComponentCellRenderer implements TableCellRenderer
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TestComponent oComp = (TestComponent) value;
if (isSelected) {
oComp.setForeground(table.getSelectionForeground());
oComp.setBackground(table.getSelectionBackground());
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oComp.setForeground(table.getForeground());
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public class TestTable
public static void main(String []args){
String columns[] = {"Text", "Value"};
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table.addRow(new Object[]{"Field2", new TestComponent(1)});
table.addRow(new Object[]{"Field3", new TestComponent(2)});
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table.setDefaultRenderer(TestComponent.class, new ComponentCellRenderer());
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table.setRowHeight(20);
table.setRowSelectionAllowed(false);
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frame.addWindowListener( new WindowAdapter() {
     public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
     Window win = e.getWindow();
     win.setVisible(false);
     win.dispose();
     System.exit(0);
JScrollPane pane = new JScrollPane(table);
frame.getContentPane().add(pane);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}

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// TestComponent.java
public class TestComponent extends JPanel{
     private int componentHeight=16;
     public TestComponent(int i){
          this.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(90, this.componentHeight));
          setLayout(new BoxLayout(this, BoxLayout.X_AXIS));
          switch (i){
               case 0: createTextField(); break;
               case 1: createCheckBox(); break;
          case 2: createCombo(); break;
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          int textFieldMaxLength = 5;
          JTextField oText = new JTextField(textFieldMaxLength);
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          this.add(oText);
          // set the data:
          text = "test";
          oText.setText(text);
          // set size for this TextField:
          Dimension fieldSize = new Dimension(
                    textFieldMaxLength * 13, this.componentHeight);
          oText.setPreferredSize(fieldSize);
          oText.setMinimumSize(fieldSize);
          oText.setMaximumSize(fieldSize);
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          JCheckBox chkbox = new JCheckBox();
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public class ComponentCellEditor extends AbstractCellEditor
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          this.editorComponent = (TestComponent)value;
          return editorComponent;
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          TestComponent oComp = (TestComponent) value;
          if (isSelected) {
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          frame.addWindowListener( new WindowAdapter() {
               public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
                    Window win = e.getWindow();
                    win.setVisible(false);
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Otherwise:
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Move the iPhoto Library to the desktop
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Go into the iPhoto Library on your desktop and find the Originals folder. From the Originals folder drag the individual Roll Folders to the iPhoto Window and it will recreate them in the new library.
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I have been using the alt + double click to open Illustrator files that I have placed in my InDesign document for months with no problems. When I alt + double click the placed image, it has always opened up in the latest version of Illustrator - CS5.5. However, starting about two days ago, it now attempts to open the file in an older version - CS 5.0. I am sure that the Illustrator files and the InDesign document were both created with the latest version of CS.
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Eugene,
You and Bob are correct. There is no CS5.5 (for Illustrator). I sincerely apologize for inflating my latest Illustrator version by 0.4 points. I purchased the "CS5.5 master suite upgrade" and when I look in the CS 5.5 folder I see Illustrator CS5.1. Illustrator 5.5 or 5.1 - either way, I'm referring to the latest version of the software.
I'm not "worrying" about anything. All I wanted was a possible solution that would allow me to once again use the alt+double click to open and edit my Illustrator files in my latest version of Illustrator, not the previous version. Given that I have deactived the previous version, it makes it difficult to edit the file when it asks me to install CS5 again. Even if I hadn't deactivated it, I still would prefer to have the file open in the latest version, considering it had been doing that for the past two months before it suddenly stopped. I'm sorry that I was rude. It's just that "You are worrying about nothing" really isn't something that I can change in my preference setting to enable the alt+double click to work again.

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