Only auto-hide the dock when a window is above it!?

[Kriese84]

Hello everyone and thanks in advance. Simple question:

Is there a way to only auto-hide the dock when a window is above it?

For example: I browse with large Safari Window -> The dock should auto-hide.
Only Adium is open in the right corner ->The dock should be shown.

Greetings ...

 

[miles01110]

Not that I've ever heard of. You can set the dock to pop up on mouseover though.

 

[Kriese84]

Jep, i know that. I think this feature would be a good improvement.
Thanks anyway.

 

[arjen92]

you could go fullscreen if you have Lion.

 

[samh]

Jep, i know that. I think this feature would be a good improvement.
Thanks anyway.

You say it would be a good feature, but I don't even understand what it is you're asking.

 

[sc25893]

Hi,

I'm new to the forum and I was looking for similar functionality but the more I look, the more it seems this isn't available on mac osx.

It's a pretty standard thing on ubuntu and here's how it works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2rj18H0M38

This would indeed be a great feature and it works brilliantly for those who like to go fullscreen a lot. Hiding the dock means you have to mouseover wherever the dock is hidden. With 'window dodge', it appears itself when all
windows are clear. Saves moving the mouse over.

I have moved over to mac osx after using linux & windows for many years and although I have only been using it a couple of days, I really miss (a) snap to windows (i.e. drag a window to top of screen and maximizes - to the left or right and goes half screen) and (b) window dodge (from ubuntu).

Sam.