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How do you do AppBar docking (to screen edge, like WinAmp) in WPF?

Is there any complete guidance on doing AppBar docking (such as locking to the screen edge) in WPF? I understand there are InterOp calls that need to be made, but I'm looking for either a proof of concept based on a simple WPF form, or a componentized version that can be consumed. Related resources: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dotne...

What is the command line syntax for custom stacks for the OSX Leopard dock?

I know there is a command line syntax for adding custom stacks to the OSX Leopard dock besides the "Downloads" which comes by default. What is it? ...

CSS column header with img - how to dock img/div to the right?

Howdy! I have an HTML table that I use as column headers to a grid view. Clicking on a column header triggers javascript that makes the grid view sort, and an icon showing that the column is sorted shows up next to the column text, similar to below: |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | ...

How do I make an OS X application react when a file, picture, etc is dropped on its dock icon?

Some applications, like Photoshop, allow users to drag a picture from a web browser, or drag a file from the filesystem, onto the application's icon in the dock. Doing this opens the file in that application. How is this done? I'd like to use Cocoa and Objective-C, but I'm interested in any solutions in any languages. ...

How to hide the Dock icon

I want to make a preference for hiding the Dock icon and showing an NSStatusItem. I can create the StatusItem but I don't know how to remove the icon from Dock. :-/ Any ideas? ...

Auto-hide panel in QT or WxWidgets

I am looking to find a way to have a docked panel that would be similar to the panels within visual studio. Essentially a panel that can be set to auto hide or can be pinned open. Possibly this question was a bit vague. What I am looking for is essentially this product Please leave a comment if I am missing details as I would like thi...

WPF - How to dock a Border onto a Canvas?

I have a Border inside a Canvas. The Border's height/width are varying according to its contents. I want the Border to stretch out to fill up the entire Canvas. How can I do that? I have tried this on the Border without success: Height="{Binding ElementName=MainCanvas, Path=Height}" Width="{Binding ElementName=MainCanvas, Path=Width}"...

Visual studio forgets window settings and makes a mess

I have this problem where I open Visual Studio and the internal windows are scattered all over the place. None of them are docked; some that should be visible have become invisible and vice versa. I then have to spend ages getting the windows back where I like them. It only seems to happen with some solutions and only appeared recently....

How to change Qt applications's dock icon at run-time in MacOS?

I need to change my Qt application's dock icon (in MacOS X) in run-time according to some conditions. I've found several recipes on trolltech.com: QApplication::setIcon() setApplicationIcon() qt_mac_set_app_icon() but none of it works: there is no such methods/functions in Qt 4.5. How can I change my application's dock icon and wha...

How do I make the dock icon stop bouncing after my app wrapper script starts?

So I recently made an .app wrapper for a zsh script, but when I run it, the icon for the app keeps hopping in the Dock. The app is basically: % find Example.app -type f Example.app/Contents/Info.plist Example.app/Contents/MacOS/wrapper.sh % cat Example.app/Contents/Info.plist <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLI...

Delphi & Vista Dragging Forms Glitch

I wondered if you have a work around for the problems with docking forms in Vista, such as the close button being partially obscured, and the gray border when being dragged rendering extremely slow, making a appearing / disappearing appearance? Delphi 2007 & Vista (64 bit) ...

callback dock demo in Miglayout

can anyone suggest where i can get a hold of the source code for the callback dock demo application in Miglayout site. such a tutorial would also be ok. thanks. ...

Programmatically docking a User Control at Run Time

I need to dock a WinForms user control at run time but I'm encountering an issue. In my main form, I have a menu strip at the top of it. I want to programmatically add a UserControl docked to the left of the main window and below the menu strip. When I add my User control at runtime and then set its Dock property to DockStyle.Left, it...

desktopdock or stardock in Qt

Is there any opensource/sample application in qt/c++, just like desktopdock or objectdock..? ...

Create a Mac OS X Style Dock Bar in Swing

Hi all, I want to create a Mac OS X style Dock Bar to be placed at the bottom of a JFrame. Does anyone know how I can do this? ...

Stick application to the Desktop on Vista

I have an application that I want to stick to the desktop. Stick to the desktop means that every time that someone click windows+D or the show desktop icon the desktop will appear with the application on it. The user can locate the application on the desktop and change the location at any time but it always remains on the desktop. We m...

Create shortcut to start menu (not IN start menu)

I have been experimenting with object dock and rocket dock. So far I like object dock better, but it takes FOREVER to start up on my machine (more than a minute). I am running on a good computer (quad core 4 gigs ram ect ect) so I don't understand why this is. Anyway I have been using rocketdock instead because of this, but the problem i...

Programmatically add an alias to the Dock in OS X

I know it is not recommended, but is it possible? The only references I can find relate to updating com.apple.preferences.plist but those changes will not take effect until the next time the Desktop is restarted ...

Basic cocoa application using dock in Python, but not Xcode and all that extras

It seems that if I want to create a very basic Cocoa application with a dock icon and the like, I would have to use Xcode and the GUI builder (w/ PyObjC). The application I am intending to write is largely concerned with algorithms and basic IO - and thus, not mostly related to Apple specific stuff. Basically the application is suppose...

Is it possible to dock a normal panel to a pop up panel in flex?

Hi All. I'm a newbie in flex, right now I want to create a panel docking to a pop up panel in my flex app, like Winamp's playlist window can dock to main window. but I didn't find any useful on docking in flex, someone can give me some suggestions? I've traced the PopUpManager, but I didn't find any available interfaces or events about ...