"Always on Bottom" plus "Autohide" - is it possible?

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I am using ObjectDock 2.0 and I discovered recently that it is getting in my way quite often. I can use the autohide feature but it still pops up over maximized windows with the mouse hover. Using the delay, slowing things down on purpose, seems strange to me and its still not foolproof and I am quite the fool. ObjectDock 2.0 has a "Always on Top & Autohide" setting. Why not include a "Always on Bottom & Autohide" setting? So often I mean to click something else in a window only for ObjectDock to pop up in the way resulting in one of the programs to run inadvertently. I find myself slowing down my actions to avoid this annoyance and it does not feel natural. One little setting would solve this. I used Rocket Dock in the past because it had such a setting but I switched over to ObjectDock when I migrated to a 64-bit operating system (64-bit OS breaks that setting on Rocket Dock). I much prefer ObjectDock and I am loyal to a product. I enjoy staying with software as developers release new improvements. I hope the developers of ObjectDock can add this tiny setting to future versions. 

Can I configure ObjectDock to do this now? Does ObjectDock Plus 2.0 have this feature? If not, can this setting be added in the future?

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Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting pimpslappr, reply 1
Configure Object dock, Accessability, Regular (on Left side), Uncheck "Show Dock When Mouse touches edge"
End of pimpslappr's quote

 

I don't want to see the ObjectDock dock on my desktop until I want to. I want it to hide away until I close all my apps and then move my mouse to the top of the screen. I don't like to see any icons at all on my desktop. Thats what intrigued me so much about an auto-hide dock. I can load the dock with my icons and then the dock rolls up and off the desktop. Clean desktop, no icons.

Yes, the settings you suggested are good - but missing the "autohide" function. I made that setting you recommended. Exactly what I was looking for (as far as open windows are concerned) except that ObjectDock does not roll up and off the desktop with those settings. Now if there was a way to apply the settings you suggested, plus be able to select "Autohide" in addition to those settings, this thing would behave exactly the way I need it to. 

Essentially what I am looking for is a way to dock ObjectDock to the top of the screen, set ObjectDock to "Always be on the bottom (or the furthest back like in the "Regular" setting)" plus "Autohide, and dock appears only when there are no windows above the dock area and the mouse moves to the top of the screen". 

In compromise, I have the dock set to "Autohide" and bumped the delay time for it to appear to about 80% of maximum. Its about as close as I seem to be able to get ObjectDock to behave like I want it to. I sure hope one of the developers read this thread and add the "Autohide" function to the "Regular" or "Always on bottom" settings.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

interesting but since

'always on bottom' and 'autohide' are basically 2 different settings for the same purpose - to move the dock out of the way until you put you mouse at the activation point to bring it up/out

wouldn't combing these basic positions defeat a lot of the purpose people use the dock for? You wouldn't be able to use it instead of the taskbar for example.  If you had multiple apps/window running you  couldn't use the dock to switch back and forth or call new apps/window without having to minimize/close what you had on top first - might as well use the 'start' button

 

which in your statement:

Quoting Howard_Roark, reply 2
I want it to hide away until I close all my apps and then move my mouse to the top of the screen.
End of Howard_Roark's quote

 

means you couldn't use the dock to open apps, you could just one app since as soon as you opened one, the dock would move the back and autohide until you closed the one you opened

 

fences on the other hand - sort your icons, double click you desktop, all is gone until you double click to bring it back

 

 

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Bichur, reply 3
interesting but since

means you couldn't use the dock to open apps, you could just one app since as soon as you opened one, the dock would move the back and autohide until you closed the one you opened

 fences on the other hand - sort your icons, double click you desktop, all is gone until you double click to bring it back

 
End of Bichur's quote

 

Open one app and the dock moves to the back and auto hides... that is -exactly- what I want ObjectDock to do.

I have a set of app icons in my dock, apps that I only use one at a time (games, streaming video, etc). I have my multi-task apps pinned to my Start Menu (basically another auto-hiding dock). When I am multi-tasking I do not want to be bothered by ObjectDock popping into view (such as browsing the web, editing photos - inevitably I move the mouse in an area where the dock is with the purpose of click-holding a window to move it or scroll it, dock pops into view and I inadvertently click an icon which launches an app. With Photoshop and the dock auto-hidden on the left, the dock will pop open in the way just when I am about to click on a new Photoshop tool).

Ideally, if ObjectDock knew to stay on the bottom of all open windows (whether maximized or restored down) and would autohide, it would be perfect for me. In plain words, ObjectDock would not pop into view if a partially opened window was hovering over the just smallest amount of the dock area. Or in even simpler terms, ObjectDock would pop into view only if there were no running apps or open windows or all running app windows were minimized.

Playing around with ObjectDock last night it seems that the "Accessibility: Regular" setting in combination with unticked "Show dock when mouse touches edge" is sort of close to what I am looking for except that ObjectDock is always visible. The closest I can get to what I am looking for is "Accessibility: Autohide" with "Show dock when mouse touches edge" set to about 80% delay. I'm learning to live with ObjectDock. I love it. I especially love the AccuWeather applet. 

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

I agree that "always on bottom" would be a welcome feature for me also. I have the same frustration at times, and I wish I could have it auto-hide and also stay behind other open windows.