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Moving the dock
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Apr 12, 2007, 11:11 AM
 
So I've seen in some pictures in the GUI customization section where people have moved their dock to the bottom left or right of their screen and I wanted to do it so I did some googling and apparently you are supposed to hold down Shift and click the divider and then drag? Well I tried that and it didn't work, any ideas why? I have used shapeshifter to change my theme and clear dock to change the colour of my dock, could it be one of those?
     
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Apr 12, 2007, 11:40 AM
 
Hold down "control" and click the divider. Then choose a position from the menu.

or...

Choose the position from the Dock preference pane (in System Preferences).

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Apr 12, 2007, 11:43 AM
 
I love Onyx. But you don't need a utility to move the dock.
     
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Apr 12, 2007, 12:12 PM
 
Originally Posted by chabig View Post
I love Onyx. But you don't need a utility to move the dock.
You do to move it to the bottom-left or bottom-right. The contextual menu only allows you to control the orientation (whether it's on the left, bottom or right side of the screen), not the pinning (whether it's at the start, middle or end of the side).
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Apr 12, 2007, 12:43 PM
 
Sorry. I missed that in the original question. You are right.
     
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Apr 17, 2007, 07:35 PM
 
also try TinkerTool. It does other interesting things as well. Interestingly, I first downloaded tinkertool for what you wanted it for, but after downloading i've decided to keep the dock in the middle of the right side. for now, at least.

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