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Since this forum doesn't seem to have a search mechanism, I run the risk of a repost here, but after looking back a few pages in the posts I didn't see anything on this: I had a really, REALLY, extensive tabbed dock, with about 8 tabs on it, and after running my laptop without the normally attached second monitor (where the tabbed dock was displayed), the tabbed dock is gone. Kaput. Zapped. Vanished. Has anyone seen this? Any way to recover it, or must I recreate it?

Is there any way to change the selected tab simply by mouseover? I have a dock with several tabs and I'd like to be able to change tabs without having to click the tab. It would be more convenient to just mouse over a tab to activate it.