[I WAS the One]

can I have the widgets on my desktop like konfabulator? I wish I could do that. someone know how?

[delete]

There's a hint on how to do this at macosxhints.com.
It's pretty easy.

[MindFad]

F12 > Click and hold the Widget you want to be on your Desktop > Hit F12 again while holding the Widget. The Widget will now be on your Desktop.

To put it back in the Dashboard environment: Click and hold Widget > F12 > Let go of Widget. Widget will now be back in the Dashboard environment.

Weeeee.

[saddino]

From Wikipedia:

Although by default widgets are confined to the Dashboard layer, a widget can be dragged from the widget bar to the desktop by simply releasing the F12 key whilst dragging and then releasing the key before dropping the widget. The widget will remain floating on the desktop until the next time Dashboard is activated.

Furthermore, a command-line hack allows multiple Dashboard widgets to sit natively on the desktop in a more permanent fashion. This mode is enabled by issuing a configuration command on the command line, via the Terminal application:

Code:
defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES

Once this option has been set, widgets dragged onto the desktop will remain floating on the desktop, even after log out or shutdown. To remove a widget from the desktop, and back to Dashboard, simply reverse the process and press the F12 key whilst dragging the widget to return it to the Dashboard layer.

Another option for widgets on the desktop is to use the shareware utility Amnesty Widget Browser, a dashboard emulator that also allows the user to select which level (desktop, standard or floating) a widget occupies while it resides on the desktop.

[MindFad]

When invoking Dashboard while a Widget is on the Desktop layer, it won't automatically put itself back into Dashboard any longer. That used to be the case, but they function properly, now. Someone should fix that Wiki entry.

[saddino]

Originally Posted by MindFad

When invoking Dashboard while a Widget is on the Desktop layer, it won't automatically put itself back into Dashboard any longer. That used to be the case, but they function properly, now. Someone should fix that Wiki entry.

Interesting. The Wikipedia description is exactly how it works on my system (10.4.6). Have you by chance enabled dev mode?

[harrisjamieh]

Originally Posted by saddino

Interesting. The Wikipedia description is exactly how it works on my system (10.4.6).

Same here

[I WAS the One]

Originally Posted by saddino

Amnesty Widget Browser[/URL], a dashboard emulator that also allows the user to select which level (desktop, standard or floating) a widget occupies while it resides on the desktop.

...mmm interesting. If I wanted to use the terminal command and also keep the widget on the desktop and not up front as it does on default, how I do that?

[saddino]

The only way to keep a Dashboard widget on the desktop and set the window level is to use Amnesty. There's no terminal command that can do it.