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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
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<html><head><title>Window Maker - Dock</title>
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<link href="title.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"></head>
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<strong> </strong>
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<h1><strong>
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<center>DOCK</center>
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</strong></h1>
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<h2><strong></strong></h2>
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<strong></strong>
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<center><a href="index.html">Back to index</a></center>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="dock.html#what" name="what">Application dock</a></li>
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<li><a href="dock.html#start" name="start">Starting an application</a></li>
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<li><a href="dock.html#cust" name="cust">Customizing</a></li>
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<li><a href="dock.html#conf" name="conf">Configuring</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2><a name="what">Application dock</a></h2>
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<p>The dock is the column of icons located by default on the right
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side of the screen.</p>
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<p>Any application can be attached to the dock. To do this, open an
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application then simply left-click-and-drag the application's icon to
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the last position on the dock. The dock will "attract" the icon and it
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will remain on the dock until removed by the user (left-click-and-drag
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the icon off the dock - it will disappear.) If you have saved your
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Window Maker session prior to logout (or set Window Maker to autosave
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your session upon logout) any icons you docked will automatically
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reappear at your next - and each subsequent - session.<br>
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</p>
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<p>The dock has it's own menu for user configuration.<br>
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</p>
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<p>The dock can be configured to remain on top of maximized windows. To
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do this, right-click on any docked icon then select "Keep on top" from
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the application icon menu. This will keep the entire dock visible
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(maximized windows will not be allowed to cover the dock). To allow the
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dock to be covered, uncheck the "Keep on top" item in the application
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icon menu.<br>
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</p>
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<p>The WMDock icon (by default, with the GNUstep logo) can be dragged
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sideways
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to switch the
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the entire dock from one side of the display to the other.<br>
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</p>
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<p>Dragging the WMDock icon downward will move the dock off the display
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with the
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exception of the WMDock icon itself, which will remain visible. To
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restore dock visibility, left-click-and-drag the dock back on screen.<br>
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</p>
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<h2><a name="start">Starting an application</a></h2>
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<p>Double-clicking the icon of a docked application starts the
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application. <br>
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</p>
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<p>An application that has not been launched normally has an elipsis
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(three dots) in the bottom-left-corner of the icon and appears in full
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color as shown below. <br>
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</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 62px; height: 62px;" alt="Unlaunched application icon" src="images/iconwithelipsis.png"><br>
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</p>
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<p>When the application is running, the elipsis disappears from the
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bottom-left-corner of the icon and the icon becomes "greyed out,"
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giving a visual cue that the application is already open. <br>
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</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 62px; height: 62px;" alt="Launched application icon" src="images/greyedouticon.png"><br>
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</p>
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<p>A docked icon that continues to show an elipsis and remains "full
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color" even after an instance of the
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application is running indicates that the application's settings have
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been modified to allow multiple launches from one docked icon. To do
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this you must open the application and modify the
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"application specific" settings in the <a href="win.html#menu">"commands
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menu"</a> of the application to allow
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"shared application icons."</p>
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<p>Using the "launch" command in the "application icon menu" for the
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icon is another way to start an application from the dock.<br>
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<br>
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From version 0.80.0 on, the dock can "steal" appicons. This feature has
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nothing to
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do with Autoattract Icons. When you start an application from somewhere
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else
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than either the clip or the dock (menu or terminal), and the appicon
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exists in
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one of them (clip or dock), this appicon doesn't appear at the bottom
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of your
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screen. The appicon existing in the clip or the dock "stole" it. As a
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result, the
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appicon is the same as the one used to start the application from the
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clip or
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the dock. </p>
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<p> </p>
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<h2><a name="cust">Customizing</a></h2>
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<p>Left-clicking and dragging an application icon to the dock adds this
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application to the dock. Obviously, this means the application is
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running! <br>
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</p>
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<p><span style="font-style: italic;">Miniwindows</span> (windows of
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minimized applications) cannot be docked. The small titlebar on the
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miniwindow differentiates it from an application's icon. <br>
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</p>
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<p>Dragging an icon off the dock removes the docked application. <br>
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</p>
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<p> </p>
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<h2><a name="conf">Configuring</a></h2>
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<p>There is a dock menu for each icon. Right-clicking the icon displays
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the "application icon menu." Select the "Settings..." option to
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configure the application. </p>
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<center>
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<p><a href="images/docks.jpg"><img src="images/docks.jpg" alt="dock"></a></p>
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</center>
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<p>The application's <span style="font-style: italic;">path</span> and
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its arguments, the command for middle-click launch, and the icon
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employed can
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be changed in this panel.<br>
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</p>
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<p>Shell commands such as redirection cannot be used in the command
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field. <br>
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</p>
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<p>The desired icon must be in one of the directories displayed
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in the panel while browsing. New directories can be added from the <a href="prefs.html#search">Search path preferences</a><br>
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</p>
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<p> A checkbox allows you to start the application when Window Maker is
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first started. (Note: <span style="font-style: italic;">You want to be
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careful with this</span>. If you have, for example, your terminal
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emulator, your file manager, and your browser set to start when Window
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Maker is started you'll get an open terminal, an open file manager and
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an open browser <span style="font-style: italic;">every time</span>
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you start a session! Normally you will only want to start certain
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dockapps - "regular" applications like a terminal emulator or browser
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can be started <span style="font-style: italic;">after</span> your
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session is up and going.)<br>
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</p>
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<p>From version 0.62.0 on, a checkbox can be used to prevent accidental
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removal from the dock. <br>
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<br>
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From version 0.70.0 on, a new field has been added for middle-click
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launch. Entering, for example, "firefox" into a docked
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application
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settings panel will launch the Firefox browser.<br>
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<br>
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</p>
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<p> </p>
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