Ifrit
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Last night my shareware copy of dragthing expired, and so did my way to keep the dock clutter free. Ok the sollution seemed simple, create folders with aliases to my favourite applications, drag 'em to the dock and use ctrl + left mouse button to show the content without opening the folder. I must admit this sollution isn't as
elegant as the various shareware, freeware sollutions (Launchabar etc.). And I wish apple would provide some kind of 'smoother' way to handle the 'showing the content' thing, which brings me to my two fictional concepts:
Drawers:
Basically after creating the folder and dragging it to the dock, you 'right click' the icon in the dock and a context menu with a new option apears, something like > "show contents automaticly", or "expand view everytime". After this option is selected, evertime you hover the mouse over the folder icon in the dock, the 'folder'shows its content without extra clicking.
Containers:
This is the second concept and another maybe more complicated approach.
As you already know right- or crlt+click on the dock line wich sepperates icons, recycle bin and minimized apps brings up the dock menue. In my case a new option is available > "create container". After clicking on this menu item a new icon appears on the dock (wich has a box like appearance). Simply drag all your documents, folders, drives, whatever on this (container)icon in the dock. If you hover the mouse over the icon a menue appears with all the content you draged onto it previously.
Right or clrt click the icon to get a menue which lets you change the name and the icon of the container.
Drag the container out of the dock to delete it.
edit: I appologize for my poor English writing.
elegant as the various shareware, freeware sollutions (Launchabar etc.). And I wish apple would provide some kind of 'smoother' way to handle the 'showing the content' thing, which brings me to my two fictional concepts:
Drawers:
Basically after creating the folder and dragging it to the dock, you 'right click' the icon in the dock and a context menu with a new option apears, something like > "show contents automaticly", or "expand view everytime". After this option is selected, evertime you hover the mouse over the folder icon in the dock, the 'folder'shows its content without extra clicking.
Containers:
This is the second concept and another maybe more complicated approach.
As you already know right- or crlt+click on the dock line wich sepperates icons, recycle bin and minimized apps brings up the dock menue. In my case a new option is available > "create container". After clicking on this menu item a new icon appears on the dock (wich has a box like appearance). Simply drag all your documents, folders, drives, whatever on this (container)icon in the dock. If you hover the mouse over the icon a menue appears with all the content you draged onto it previously.
Right or clrt click the icon to get a menue which lets you change the name and the icon of the container.
Drag the container out of the dock to delete it.
edit: I appologize for my poor English writing.