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ZXspectrum · May 1, 2005, 04:32 AM

i have found this amazing tip for having your widgets available all the time.

*If you'd like one of your Dashboard widgets to be available all the time, instead of only when you have activated Dashboard via F12, then activate the Dashboard dvelopment mode.

Open the Terminal and type defaults write com.apple.Dashboard devmode YES and press Return. Then logout and log back in again. Now debugging mode is activated. To get a widget off of the Dashboard and onto your desktop, just do the following:

1. Activate Dashboard by pressing F12 (or whatever key you've assigned to Dashboard).
2. Begin dragging the widget.
3. Press F12 again, before letting up on the mouse button.
4. Drop the widget wherever you want it.

You can do the same thing in reverse to drag the widget back onto the Dashboard. Also of interest: while a widget is frontmost, you can press Command-R to reload it. (This may be necessary if a widget is buggy and gets messed up somehow.) There's even a nifty Core Image-based twirl effect to accompany the reload.

dggraphics · May 1, 2005, 04:43 AM

Thanks, nice tip. Will be useful

RevEvs · May 1, 2005, 07:21 AM

unfortunately if you activate dashboard the widget goes back onto it and leaves the desktop. so you can only have one widget on the desktop.

ShotgunEd · May 1, 2005, 07:25 AM

I thought you could do this in Dashboard without typing that terminal command?

I don't have tiger yet so I can't check.

ZXspectrum · 07:38 AM

Originally Posted by RevEvs

unfortunately if you activate dashboard the widget goes back onto it and leaves the desktop. so you can only have one widget on the desktop.

it works for me. at the moment i have 4 of them open all the time...

pman68 · May 1, 2005, 08:00 AM

screenshot please ...

Talleyman · May 1, 2005, 09:03 AM

Originally Posted by ZXspectrum

it works for me. at the moment i have 4 of them open all the time...

Again, next time you activate the dashboard they go away from the desktop. At least they do when I experiment.

Talleyman · May 1, 2005, 09:05 AM

Originally Posted by Talleyman

Again, next time you activate the dashboard they go away from the desktop. At least they do when I experiment.

Didn't see the terminal piece...look before you post, eh?

ZXspectrum · May 1, 2005, 09:47 AM

Hi I'm Ben · May 1, 2005, 09:55 AM

This feels more like an OS Thread, and that being said, this has been mentioned in there 2 or 3 times.

ZXspectrum · May 1, 2005, 10:12 AM

Originally Posted by Hi I'm Ben

This feels more like an OS Thread, and that being said, this has been mentioned in there 2 or 3 times.

Didn't you just post a screenshot in the ""Post your Dashboard" Thread"???

ShotgunEd · May 1, 2005, 11:35 AM

I see, the terminal command means they stay on the desktop even in you activate dashboard. V. Good. Nice tip.

RevEvs · May 1, 2005, 12:12 PM

ah ok i have got them to stay. to do this i dragged it ontot he dashboard, let it open there, then dragged it and pressed f12, and it came with me to the desktop.. and stayed!