New to ObjectDock and need help with fly out
Thursday, November 3, 2005 by hastafford | Discussion: ObjectDock
Thank you,
Heather
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Reply #2 Thursday, November 3, 2005 9:29 AM
Reply #3 Thursday, November 3, 2005 9:38 AM
Reply #4 Thursday, November 3, 2005 4:52 PM
| Would you happen to know if there is a "users manual" for ObjectDock? |
There unfortunately aren't any that I'm aware of. We might release one in the future, however.
-Mike
[Stardock Support]
Reply #5 Friday, November 4, 2005 6:11 AM
| if there is a "users manual" for ObjectDock? |
I would've thought most of it is reasonably intuitive
Reply #7 Saturday, November 5, 2005 11:22 AM
...I just installed OD+, after waiting a couple of years or more...and am experiencing rising blood pressure, numbness in the extremities and general cofusion. I'm running it with 2 docks, runs and works great...but..how do I get the themes, etc, I've unzipped, copied to OD+ Programs folder, to be recognized(
? [perhaps a bit of b'fast...carbos always help]. When I look in Tabs options, all I see is the default single set of mormegil's tabs and colorization options. hmmm.. maybe I'll try to find help at cordelia/newbies area... [off-topic: the WC site just gets better! 
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Reply #8 Saturday, November 5, 2005 4:41 PM
Guess I'll be busy for a while...Reply #9 Saturday, November 5, 2005 4:42 PM
Reply #10 Saturday, November 5, 2005 7:38 PM
| how do I get the themes, etc, I've unzipped, copied to OD+ Programs folder, to be recognized |
Did you notice the 'Backgrounds' folder below the ObjectDock folder? That's where you put the backgrounds/tabs.
There's also a themes folder for complete themes. Don't be afraid to look around!
Reply #11 Saturday, November 5, 2005 7:39 PM
| How do I do the file drawer thing. |
Well you found Dock Settings->Positioning...
Hmmm, mine's ticked and it just works
What happens if you click elsewhere (eg the desktop) after setting the option?
Reply #12 Saturday, November 5, 2005 8:04 PM
I wrote a mini tutorial on working with ObjectDock, which is geared towards understanding the file structure, and where to place your files in the ObjectDock sub-directory.
You can read it here http://corkyo.wincustomize.com/Articles.aspx?SID=5463&AID=82930
I plan to do something along the lines of setting up docks, but that won't be for a week or two, hopefully the tutorial link above will clear things up a bit.
Reply #13 Saturday, November 5, 2005 10:00 PM
Reply #14 Sunday, November 6, 2005 12:46 AM
Wizop Corky O- I will give the tutorial a try thank you for posting it for me. I deeply appreciate it!
Reply #15 Sunday, November 6, 2005 1:21 AM
hastafford,
For a drawer, the tabbed dock must be docked (connected) to the screen edge.
Once docked to the edge, the selecting of the "Show dock as drawer" in the "Dock Settings > Positioning" category.
Reply #16 Sunday, November 6, 2005 11:32 AM
1. Open ObjectDock
2. Create new tabbed dock
3. Under positioning I check the box that says "show dock as drawer" and then I check the box that says "at bottom"
4. Close the settings box
When I hover over the new tabbed dock, the whole dock pops up. What am I doing wrong?
Reply #17 Sunday, November 6, 2005 1:17 PM
| When I hover over the new tabbed dock, the whole dock pops up |
Uh, it sounds like the dock is functioining like a drawer to me.
Does the dock hide until you mouse-over? If so, that is the correct functioning of the dock.
If you are looking for one tab to open, you will need to create a single tab dock - the tabbed docks operate as a whole whether there are multiple tabs, or a single tab. The displayed dock is based on which tab has been selected.
You could do something like the following:
1 - Create 3 single tabbed docks of the same size, with the tabs of each aligned as follows: 1-Top\Right, 1-Top\Center, 1-Top\Left (Note - tab alignment is accessed in Dock Settings > Size & Appearance section in the lower half of the dialog).
2 - Use the Dock Settings > Positioning section of each dock to set it as a drawer at bottom
This will in effect, create a three tabbed dock that allows each tab to be called and displayed independently of the others. You can use different sized docks as well, which you can then manually place where you want before selecting the "Show dock as a drawer" option if this suits your purposes better.
Unfortunately, there is the limitation of only three tab positions per side (Right, Center, Left for a dock located Top or Bottom, and Top, Center, Bottom for a dock located Right or Left).
If on the other hand, you do not want the dock to open until you click on a tab, you would deselect the "Mouseover activation" option under the drawer settings.
Two other items of note:
1 - You can select "Lock Icon Dragging", and "Lock Dock Position" using the Right-click tab > View menu.
2 - You can drag tabbed docks to different sizes vertically and horizontally, allowing you to create a vertical dock one icon wide. This can ony be done with the "Lock Dock Position" deselected.
I hope this helps in some way.
Reply #18 Sunday, November 6, 2005 8:04 PM
Reply #20 Sunday, November 6, 2005 8:34 PM
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Reply #1 Thursday, November 3, 2005 2:25 AM