Abstract said:I didn't know about it either, so shush.![]()
PlaceofDis said:on another note, anyone know what apps this works in? i know Safari but what other ones? is is limited or System wide?
That's right. It comes in handy in apps like Mail, Adium, Conversation and TextWrangler. I think that as long as the app supports OS X native spellchecking it also supports the Dictionary "trick".Applespider said:IIRC, it works in any Cocoa applications but not the Carbon ones.
And if you continue holding down Control+Command, you can mouse over other words to get their definitions.Sean7512 said:I gets even better...Hold down all at once these keys: Apple, Control, and D. Then move your mouse over a word. Hows that for wow??!!
Lacero said:And if you continue holding down Control+Command, you can mouse over other words to get their definitions.
That's for the context menu you get when ctrl/right-click (edit: you also have to mark the word, which you don't need with the ctrl-cmd-D). Shouldn't affect the ctrl-cmd-D way of getting the panel. I actually prefer to have the panel come up with ctrl-cmd-D and the Dictionary.app to launch from the context menu. It gives me more flexibility...beatle888 said:UPDATE
i just noticed that if you dont have the dictionary prefs set correctly it wont display as a small window. check it out.
In the dictionary application set prefs as below.
thank you very much for letting me know, i guess thats why it doesnt work with Camnio....Applespider said:IIRC, it works in any Cocoa applications but not the Carbon ones.
PlaceofDis said:thank you very much for letting me know, i guess thats why it doesnt work with Camnio....