Lock the panels in position

Unfortunately, the scrollbars all sit too close to the areas that expand
and collapse the panels on the left, right, and bottom of the screen.
Too many times, I click the wrong spot on accident. I'd like to be able
to lock the panels in their current state. Perhaps on the right click
menu, in addition to "Auto Hide & Show", "Auto Hide", and "Manual",
there could be an additional option to "Lock" the panel in place. That
way you could only expand or collapse them with a right click
Or even better would be options for "Hide & Lock" and "Show & Lock".
That way when you want to toggle them open/closed you don't have to
right click to unlock, left click to expand/collapse, and then right
click again to relock.
And before anyone says it...yes, I know about using the scroll wheel.
However, I usually find using scrollbars quicker as well as more
comfortable, natural, and precise.

I am not indicating a modifier to right-click. On a Mac with a single button mouse or using the touchpad on a laptop you Control-Click for Contextual Menus.
It is like listing Cmd/Ctl-whatever for the Mac/PC alternatives to keyboard shortcuts..
Don
Don Ricklin, MacBook 1.83Ghz Duo 2 Core running 10.4.8 & Win XP, Pentax *ist D
http://donricklin.blogspot.com/

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