Wishlist for Tabbed Docks

Easier tab activation

from Stardock Forums

For the tabbed docks, it would add to its usability if there was an option so that the mouse moving over a tab not only activates the dock so that it slides onto the desktop, but also switches the dock to that tab. 

The scenario below assumes a tabbed dock where the user last used Tab A but now wants to activate the dock and use Tab B:

As it currently works, the mouse must move over the tabs in order to make the dock slide out and become visible.  As the dock slides, the tabs move *past* the mouse which means the mouse is now over the tab's "body" where the shortcuts of the last active tab reside.  You now have to again move the mouse to get it over the tab you want to make active and click it to activate it.

If the suggested option were made available and active, simply moving the mouse over the tab that you wish to activate would both cause the dock to slide out and, at the same time, make the tab that the mouse passed over to be the active one.

plogan73

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

an option so that the mouse moving over a tab not only activates the dock so that it slides onto the desktop, but also switches the dock to that tab.
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It already has that option.  I believe it's called something like...automatically activate mouseovered tab when using autohidden tabbed docks...or something like that. Second option from the top.  Open your ObjectDock config, hit Miscellaneous Options and check teh box.

 

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting messiah1, reply 1

It already has that option.  I believe it's called something like...automatically activate mouseovered tab when using autohidden tabbed docks...or something like that. Second option from the top.  Open your ObjectDock config, hit Miscellaneous Options and check teh box.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

(Ooops!) I'm really not blind but I do a great imitation!
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Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Hey thanks, I didn't know that was there either...and ObjectDock is my biyatch!   :D  

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

This feature works, but it's only halfway there for me. It only activates the first tab I mouseover. Any tabs I mouseover after that don't activate. I have to mouse out of the control and come back in again to get another tab to auto-activate. I wish it would activate any tab as I mouseover from tab to tab, would be a much more fluid and better experience. I hate all that clicking when I'm trying to find a particular icon!

Great product though - keep it up!!