New to ObjectDock and need help with fly out

Right-click on an empty part of the dock, hit Add... then select New Flyout Menu. Config from there!

Thank you for the reply! I was starting to go crazy. Would you happen to know if there is a "users manual" for ObjectDock?

I don't have plus - suggestion - if none of your right click options lead you to one, look in the folder and see if there is any documentation.

Would you happen to know if there is a "users manual" for ObjectDock?

There unfortunately aren't any that I'm aware of. We might release one in the future, however.

-Mike
[Stardock Support]

if there is a "users manual" for ObjectDock?

I would've thought most of it is reasonably intuitive

Not for someone such as myself unfortunately!

Nor I ...I just installed OD+, after waiting a couple of years or more...and am experiencing rising blood pressure, numbness in the extremities and general cofusion. I'm running it with 2 docks, runs and works great...but..how do I get the themes, etc, I've unzipped, copied to OD+ Programs folder, to be recognized(? [perhaps a bit of b'fast...carbos always help]. When I look in Tabs options, all I see is the default single set of mormegil's tabs and colorization options. hmmm.. maybe I'll try to find help at cordelia/newbies area... [off-topic: the WC site just gets better! ]

Just found a MS Search Web Results page after entering "Object Dock Tutorials" and it turned up 15,866 results in 0.01 seconds! Guess I'll be busy for a while...

Okay, so to continue my stupidity with this program. How do I do the file drawer thing. I can find the option under positioning, but when I check the box nothing happens. It still shows the regular tabbed dock. Once again, any help would be appreciated.

how do I get the themes, etc, I've unzipped, copied to OD+ Programs folder, to be recognized

Did you notice the 'Backgrounds' folder below the ObjectDock folder? That's where you put the backgrounds/tabs.

There's also a themes folder for complete themes. Don't be afraid to look around!

How do I do the file drawer thing.

Well you found Dock Settings->Positioning...

Hmmm, mine's ticked and it just works

What happens if you click elsewhere (eg the desktop) after setting the option?

I wrote a mini tutorial on working with ObjectDock, which is geared towards understanding the file structure, and where to place your files in the ObjectDock sub-directory.

You can read it here http://corkyo.wincustomize.com/Articles.aspx?SID=5463&AID=82930

I plan to do something along the lines of setting up docks, but that won't be for a week or two, hopefully the tutorial link above will clear things up a bit.

And a great tutorial it is! Until I read Corky O's tutorial I was banging my head against the wall. A link should be offered in ObjectDock for all users!

Chris TH-nothing happens. I still have the tabbed dock on my desktop.

Wizop Corky O- I will give the tutorial a try thank you for posting it for me. I deeply appreciate it!

hastafford,

For a drawer, the tabbed dock must be docked (connected) to the screen edge.

Once docked to the edge, the selecting of the "Show dock as drawer" in the "Dock Settings > Positioning" category.

Okay. I still can't get this drawer thing to work. Here is what I do step by step and maybe someone can tell me what I am doing wrong.

1. Open ObjectDock
2. Create new tabbed dock
3. Under positioning I check the box that says "show dock as drawer" and then I check the box that says "at bottom"
4. Close the settings box

When I hover over the new tabbed dock, the whole dock pops up. What am I doing wrong?

When I hover over the new tabbed dock, the whole dock pops up

Uh, it sounds like the dock is functioining like a drawer to me.

Does the dock hide until you mouse-over? If so, that is the correct functioning of the dock.

If you are looking for one tab to open, you will need to create a single tab dock - the tabbed docks operate as a whole whether there are multiple tabs, or a single tab. The displayed dock is based on which tab has been selected.

You could do something like the following:

1 - Create 3 single tabbed docks of the same size, with the tabs of each aligned as follows: 1-Top\Right, 1-Top\Center, 1-Top\Left (Note - tab alignment is accessed in Dock Settings > Size & Appearance section in the lower half of the dialog).

2 - Use the Dock Settings > Positioning section of each dock to set it as a drawer at bottom

This will in effect, create a three tabbed dock that allows each tab to be called and displayed independently of the others. You can use different sized docks as well, which you can then manually place where you want before selecting the "Show dock as a drawer" option if this suits your purposes better.

Unfortunately, there is the limitation of only three tab positions per side (Right, Center, Left for a dock located Top or Bottom, and Top, Center, Bottom for a dock located Right or Left).

If on the other hand, you do not want the dock to open until you click on a tab, you would deselect the "Mouseover activation" option under the drawer settings.

Two other items of note:

1 - You can select "Lock Icon Dragging", and "Lock Dock Position" using the Right-click tab > View menu.

2 - You can drag tabbed docks to different sizes vertically and horizontally, allowing you to create a vertical dock one icon wide. This can ony be done with the "Lock Dock Position" deselected.

I hope this helps in some way.

Wizop Corky O- That is exactly what I was looking for! Your directions where perfect!!! Thank you so much!

Great job Corky, Now I too can play with my Dock...

Many thenks, everyone. I now have OD+ working 100% and can start to explore all the opportunities of this great app. Allows me to really clean up my desktop, and also to organize family-related subsections for different users. My (former) problem: I had been running OD free v. from 2 years or more ago, and the 'backgrounds' folder, etc, did not show up. I'd just dl-ed the Plus version and forgot/neglected to install and update Also, thanks to pinchecl for the mini-tute as far as drag-and-drop from 'My Downloads' to C:\>Prog.Files>Stardock>OD+...etc. Made the dl-ing and inst. of tabs, icons backgrounds et al just easy as I'd wish. What a relief it is!

I hate to revive this thread, but to ask something I posted later in this forum, in the OD+ Media Guide there is a sample showing several of what appear to be single tabbed docks on the bottom edge, set up as drawers.

With the "3 per side" rule, how is this accomplished? Or is that just a rigged screen capture?

BTW, it's that sample screen shot with the Alienware theme shown in the link below. It shows seven such docks on the bottom.

Thanks!

http://skins.wincustomize.com/buzzh58/screenshots/blueguys.jpg

J-Mac,

That is not ObjectDock.

I believe it is ObjectBar, set up as individual bars - though I am not sure.

There was a thread recently (last 2 months) inquiring which program it is, I just can't remember what the verdict was.

Perhaps someone will chime in.

As for the "3 per side" rule, that is referring to setting a tab location on a dock, not a maximum number of tabs you can have on a tabbed dock. It does apply to the specific issue that was being addressed - not as a general use of ObjectDock tabbed docks.

i have a question too, i wanna lock my tabbed dock in place, so that it never moves around when i drag it, but whenever i rightclick on the dock i go to view but i only get "as small icons, as icons, as large icons, as names" and a dash below that saying show names. if you could tell me what my problem is, i would much appreciate it!