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#1 2010-04-06 05:56:00
The secrets of "Shift"
In scratch there are many secrets including the secrets of shift! Now most of us know that holding shift on the scratch "R" 
How about writing a project sumary? No well hold shift on File and you can on 1 or all!
Now next is mesh! Well i think I activated it my self but hold shift and click share?
does it work?
***CONFIRMED*** this feature has to be activated in the scratch script To activate it go here: http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=32046
Now hold shift in the paint editor and click one of the six things up in the top left corner
***NEW DISCOVERY BY ME***
Turn fill screen off and then hold shift off the schartch window... kinda pointless but might lead to something
also what u can do(by markeymapkey56)
also tried drag scratch into scratch and upload it!
Secrets by others:
hold shift to create a new variable (image thanks to markyparky56 and info thanks to juststickman)
Please tell me more about it and the secrets of shift!
Wolfie1996 wrote:
@Your earlier post: Yeah... I'm just trying anything, to be honest...
I've found out a way of working on multiple projects in the same window, by turning fill screen off, then shift-clicking the white space, and selecting the only option (should be called ScratchFrame). Then, some little icons will appear, and if you click the green one in the top right corner, it duplicates the frame. Then, there's a khaki icon on the middle left, which you can minimise the frame. There's also a salmon-pink icon in the top left, with an "X" on it - it deletes the frame.
And as far as I'm aware, these extra frames function fully - blocks seem to work normally... Sprites and scripts can be transferred between frames, although the sprites don't show in the area below the stage...
Wolfie1996 wrote:
Found another one!
Shift-click the "R", then turn fill screen off. Then, shift-click the "Scripts" tab. You can change the text to anything - the same applies to the "Sounds" tab, but, strangely, not to the "Costumes/backgrounds" tab... pretty useless, but I was clicking anything, and it was quite a fun little trick, so I thought I'd share it
haha just tried this: 
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#2 2010-04-06 06:00:40
#3 2010-04-06 06:53:43
- markyparky56
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Re: The secrets of "Shift"
Didn't know about the shift clicking the settings in the paint editor! Thanks!
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#4 2010-04-06 07:06:06
Re: The secrets of "Shift"
Nice to see people taking interest... no problem!
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#5 2010-04-06 07:10:13
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Re: The secrets of "Shift"
dav09 wrote:
Nice to see people taking interest... no problem!
This is a great help though, untill now people, who don't know this secret, have just had to cope with the set angle.
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#6 2010-04-06 07:22:18
Re: The secrets of "Shift"
yeah it has been my little secret for almost 3 months now! Held shift by accident and saw project sumary, then tried others and it worked!
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#7 2010-04-06 07:28:05
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dav09 wrote:
yeah it has been my little secret for almost 3 months now! Held shift by accident and saw project sumary, then tried others and it worked!
Lol, amazing.
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#9 2010-04-06 09:37:18
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Re: The secrets of "Shift"
By holding shift (while clicking) you can open multiple create new list/variable windows.
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#10 2010-04-06 09:50:40
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Re: The secrets of "Shift"
juststickman wrote:
By holding shift (while clicking) you can open multiple create new list/variable windows.
Lol, true...
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#12 2010-04-06 09:53:30
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JSO wrote:
juststickman wrote:
By holding shift (while clicking) you can open multiple create new list/variable windows.
No need to press shift for that - just click, it does the same thing
lol. The shadow gets darker and darker!
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#13 2010-04-06 10:12:52
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Re: The secrets of "Shift"
markyparky56 wrote:
JSO wrote:
juststickman wrote:
By holding shift (while clicking) you can open multiple create new list/variable windows.
No need to press shift for that - just click, it does the same thing
lol. The shadow gets darker and darker!
WHERE DID THOSE MAKE AND DELETE BLOCKS COME FROM!?!?!
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#14 2010-04-06 10:32:12
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Re: The secrets of "Shift"
juststickman wrote:
markyparky56 wrote:
JSO wrote:
No need to press shift for that - just click, it does the same thing
lol. The shadow gets darker and darker!
WHERE DID THOSE MAKE AND DELETE BLOCKS COME FROM!?!?!
I was using a modded version called Panther, which isn't available yet, http://pantherprogramming.weebly.com/ http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=30968
Plus, just to make you possible even more eager to get your hands on it,
Looks at this:
And
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#15 2010-04-06 11:20:41
Re: The secrets of "Shift"
markyparky56 wrote:
juststickman wrote:
markyparky56 wrote:
lol. The shadow gets darker and darker!WHERE DID THOSE MAKE AND DELETE BLOCKS COME FROM!?!?!
I was using a modded version called Panther, which isn't available yet, http://pantherprogramming.weebly.com/ http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=30968
Plus, just to make you possible even more eager to get your hands on it,
Looks at this:
http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/8397/highscores.png
And
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/3984/fileblocks.png
>:-) Our little bit of AWESOMENESS!!!
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#17 2010-04-06 11:35:23
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Re: The secrets of "Shift"
I like it when developers add little "Easter eggs" into programs so that people could find them. Nice post.
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#19 2010-04-06 11:49:26
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Re: The secrets of "Shift"
scmb1 wrote:
Cool! For some reason the Shift-Share one isn't working for me...
If you need help on how to enable mesh on scratch go to this helpful thread:
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=32046
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#20 2010-04-06 11:49:46
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AnonymousTom wrote:
I like it when developers add little "Easter eggs" into programs so that people could find them. Nice post.
We all do.
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#21 2010-04-06 11:56:50
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Re: The secrets of "Shift"
markyparky56 wrote:
AnonymousTom wrote:
I like it when developers add little "Easter eggs" into programs so that people could find them. Nice post.
We all do.
Well, I don't like all of them. Some of them freak me out a little, but the ones on scratch are nice because they are interesting.
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#22 2010-04-06 11:59:56
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Re: The secrets of "Shift"
In the paint editor, if you want to draw a perfect circle/square, hold down shift while drawing the shape as normal.
Also, if you want to draw a perfectly horizontal/vertical line, use the same method.
If you want to select a colour for the lower colour in the paint editor, without clicking the switching arrow, shift-click the colour you want.
Note: You said in the first post that you can shift-click all of the top six buttons in the paint editor - this only works with the first four...
I can't think of any more things that shift is used for (except the obvious: capitals, symbols, etc)...
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#23 2010-04-06 12:02:10
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Re: The secrets of "Shift"
Wolfie1996 wrote:
In the paint editor, if you want to draw a perfect circle/square, hold down shift while drawing the shape as normal.
Also, if you want to draw a perfectly horizontal/vertical line, use the same method.
If you want to select a colour for the lower colour in the paint editor, without clicking the switching arrow, shift-click the colour you want.
Note: You said in the first post that you can shift-click all of the top six buttons in the paint editor - this only works with the first four...
I can't think of any more things that shift is used for (except the obvious: capitals, symbols, etc)...
Uhhh... you would even have been able to use the shift click on the last 2 buttons in the paint editor, they're the flip buttons.
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#24 2010-04-06 12:05:34
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Re: The secrets of "Shift"
markyparky56 wrote:
Wolfie1996 wrote:
In the paint editor, if you want to draw a perfect circle/square, hold down shift while drawing the shape as normal.
Also, if you want to draw a perfectly horizontal/vertical line, use the same method.
If you want to select a colour for the lower colour in the paint editor, without clicking the switching arrow, shift-click the colour you want.
Note: You said in the first post that you can shift-click all of the top six buttons in the paint editor - this only works with the first four...
I can't think of any more things that shift is used for (except the obvious: capitals, symbols, etc)...Uhhh... you would even have been able to use the shift click on the last 2 buttons in the paint editor, they're the flip buttons.
Yes, but it doesn't make the buttons do anything extra or different...
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#25 2010-04-06 12:07:07
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Re: The secrets of "Shift"
Wolfie1996 wrote:
markyparky56 wrote:
Wolfie1996 wrote:
In the paint editor, if you want to draw a perfect circle/square, hold down shift while drawing the shape as normal.
Also, if you want to draw a perfectly horizontal/vertical line, use the same method.
If you want to select a colour for the lower colour in the paint editor, without clicking the switching arrow, shift-click the colour you want.
Note: You said in the first post that you can shift-click all of the top six buttons in the paint editor - this only works with the first four...
I can't think of any more things that shift is used for (except the obvious: capitals, symbols, etc)...Uhhh... you would even have been able to use the shift click on the last 2 buttons in the paint editor, they're the flip buttons.
Yes, but it doesn't make the buttons do anything extra or different...
True, but eventually we might find something else. So it's great that we are testing this out.
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