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title: Guided Tour - Dock
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Dock
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====
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.. contents::
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:backlinks: none
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Application dock
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The dock is the column of icons located by default on the right side of the
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screen.
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Any application can be attached to the dock. To do this, open an application
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then simply left-click-and-drag the application's icon to the last position on
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the dock. The dock will "attract" the icon and it will remain on the dock until
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removed by the user (left-click-and-drag the icon off the dock - it will
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disappear.) If you have saved your Window Maker session prior to logout (or set
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Window Maker to autosave your session upon logout) any icons you docked will
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automatically reappear at your next - and each subsequent - session.
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The dock can be configured to remain on top of maximized windows. To do this,
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right-click on a dock or any docked icon then select appropriate option form
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*Dock position* submenu. Consult `Application icon menu
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<menu.html#application-icon-menu>`_ for details.
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The WMDock icon (by default, with the GNUstep logo) can be dragged sideways to
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switch the the entire dock from one side of the display to the other.
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Dragging the WMDock icon downward will move the dock off the display with the
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exception of the WMDock icon itself, which will remain visible. To restore dock
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visibility, left-click-and-drag the dock back on screen.
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Starting an application
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Double-clicking the icon of a docked application starts the application.
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An application that has not been launched normally has an elipsis (three dots)
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in the bottom-left-corner of the icon and appears in full color as shown below.
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.. figure:: images/unlaunched_app.png
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:alt: Unlaunched application icon
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:figclass: borderless
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Unlaunched application icon
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When the application is running, the elipsis disappears from the
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bottom-left-corner of the icon and the icon becomes highlited.
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.. figure:: images/launched_app.png
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:alt: Launched application icon
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:figclass: borderless
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Launched application icon
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Sometimes, when the application is running, instead of highlited icon, the icon
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becomes "greyed out", giving a visual cue that the application is already open,
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and cannot be launched again.
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.. figure:: images/grayed_out_icon.png
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:alt: Launched application icon
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:figclass: borderless
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Grayed-out application icon
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A docked icon that continues to show an elipsis and remains "full color" even
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after an instance of the application is running indicates that the
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application's settings have been modified to allow multiple launches from one
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docked icon. To do this you must open the application and modify the
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"application specific" settings in the `commands menu <win.html#menu>`_ of the
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application to allow "shared application icons".
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Using the "launch" command in the "application icon menu" for the icon is
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another way to start an application from the dock.
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From version 0.80.0 on, the dock can "steal" appicons. This feature has nothing
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to do with Autoattract Icons. When you start an application from somewhere else
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than either the clip or the dock (menu or terminal), and the appicon exists in
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one of them (clip or dock), this appicon doesn't appear at the bottom of your
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screen. The appicon existing in the clip or the dock "stole" it. As a result,
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the appicon is the same as the one used to start the application from the clip
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or the dock.
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Customizing
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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 running!
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*Miniwindows* (windows of minimized applications) cannot be docked. The small
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titlebar on the miniwindow differentiates it from an application's icon.
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Dragging an icon off the dock removes the docked application.
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Configuring
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There is a dock menu for each icon. Right-clicking the icon displays the
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"application icon menu". Select the "Settings..." option to configure the
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application.
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.. figure:: images/docked_application_settings.png
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:alt: Launched application icon
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:figclass: borderless
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Launched application icon
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The application's *path* and its arguments, the command for middle-click
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launch, and the icon employed can be changed in this panel.
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Shell commands such as redirection cannot be used in the command field.
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The desired icon must be in one of the directories displayed in the panel while
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browsing. New directories can be added from the `Search path preferences
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<prefs.html#search-path>`_.
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A checkbox allows you to start the application when Window Maker is first
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started. (Note: *You want to be careful with this*. If you have, for example,
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your terminal emulator, your file manager, and your browser set to start when
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Window Maker is started you'll get an open terminal, an open file manager and
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an open browser *every time* you start a session! Normally you will only want
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to start certain dockapps - "regular" applications like a terminal emulator or
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browser can be started *after* your session is up and going.)
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From version 0.62.0 on, a checkbox can be used to prevent accidental
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removal from the dock.
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From version 0.70.0 on, a new field has been added for middle-click launch.
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Entering, for example, "firefox" into a docked application settings panel will
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launch the Firefox browser.
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