shovels

Join Date 08/2009

Display 'undocked' opened windows

Currently there only seem to be two options under the dock contents.

1. Just display the icons.

2. Display open windows along with icons.

Is it possible, or could I suggest a feature: Display my icons and open windows (undocked only)

Basially I have my most common applications listed in OD. This is great for fast-swicthing between them, but if I open an explorer window and then switch to a running applicaiton there's no way of me getting back to the explorer window without alt-tabbing.

If I show open windows (I usually run 20+ applications) the OD bar is full of duplicated icons. This would allow for 'unknown' windows which are open to be displayed to one side - really useful for the odd program you need to run ocassionally.

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willistuder

Join Date 08/2007

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Are you using ObjectDock Plus? If so, create a taskbar tab for your running applications and folders, and switch between them that way. Click on "Tabs & Styles", then click on "Add Tab", then click on "Add a taskbar tab". I can't tell from what you've written if this is what you are looking for. I hope this helps.

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Hi, thanks for the post - I'm running the free edition - I was looking at the 'Plus' version, but couldn't see if it would do what I need...

For example, if I were running 'Program 1' and had an 'Explorer Window' open:

Just Icons =

| Program 1 | Program 2 | etc.. |

Icons and open windows =

Notice on this how Program 1 is duplicated twice as it's showing me all open windows regardless that it's already in my icon list.

Ideal solution =

Notice how only 'Explorer Window' is shown, as 'Program 1' which is also open is detected as an icon in OD.

I hope this makes more sense.

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willistuder

Join Date 08/2007

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It sounds like you need OD Plus. It has many advantages-multiple docks, and tabbed docks. With a tabbed dock, you can have a tab (Taskbar) that shows all open windows; programs and folders (if that's what you mean by Explorer). It shows whatever is displayed in the Windows taskbar. Also, you can have a tab (System Tray) that displays everything in the system tray-that means that you can hide the Windows task bar, something I do. What you are doing now is combining shortcuts and tasks on one dock.

In a tabbed dock, you can group similar applications and folders in different tabs, such as games, spyware, documents, picture folders, and on and on.

It's easy to have a hundred shortcuts or more if you want. It's worth the price.

If I have you right, OD Plus does exactly what you want; OD Free doesn't; it's very limited compared to Plus.

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willistuder

Join Date 08/2007

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Here's another neat thing you can do with OD Plus--a "Flyout Menu"

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