Well the application I'm trying to do is a something I like to call a Dock-Stack. No it's not like those folders stacks.
It's docks that would autohide and appear right under the dock window, but pop up just above the current dock. kind of an extension to the dock. (in the case my application is configured to be on the same screen edge as the OS Dock) I love the Dock but I find it limited. I've always wanted to have the option to have multiple docks live. without having to change the configuration like other applications offer, I want to have another dock either as a stack or as an independent one on other screen edges. and i have not found an application that does it like i want it to be. So i'll do it :) Voila. the secret is out. Sandro Noël On 2010-02-14, at 8:48 PM, Matthew Lindfield Seager wrote: > On 15 February 2010 11:03, Sandro Noël <sandro.n...@gestosoft.com> wrote: > the reason why i want to know the position of the dock is because i want to > latch on to it, over it. > > I might be wrong and you may have a great reason for wanting to do this but > it doesn't seem very "Mac-like"... There's possibly (probably?) a better way > to design your interface that doesn't require "latching on" to the Dock. > > Remember: > - the dock may be on the left, right or bottom of screen (or even the top of > screen for those who like messing about with unsupported preference settings) > - the dock may be set to auto-hide > - the dock may be set to grow when the mouse moves over it (will your window > resize every time these users mouse over the dock)? > - the dock will grow and shrink as apps are added/removed/launched/quit > - the dock will grow and shrink as windows are minimised and restored > - users can (and will) resize the dock on a whim > - users can (and will) change their dock hiding settings regularly > (particularly those on lower res screens such as laptops or older machines) > > Of course if you're just trying to do this for an app for yourself go nuts! > > Matt > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
