>>In OS 8.1, click once to open the menu, let up on the mouse, then
>>cmd-shift-4 with caps-lock not engaged. Holding the mouse down at the same
>>time won't work, you will get the grab cursor on mouseup, and the menu will
>>pop back in first.
>>
>>ESC to escape any grab in progress.
>>
>>Robert Covington
>
>
>Robert:
>
>All I have to do is to click a menu (bring it down) and while holding the
>mouse button down do a Cmd-shift-4. At that point everything freezes,
>except my mouse, and I can select a rect by dragging the mouse. It's really
>neat.
>
>tedd

It don' work on my Mac, seenyor Tedd. :) I gotta let that mouse up
first.Though if you click in the same exact place, that also nullifies the
grab.
A little rect-less driving I guess is good in places.

If it works for you like that in OS 8.1, there must be an extension
conflict from a tablet driver or something else I have in there.

Robert