Use 2D Dock on the Bottom without Terminal!

[guitarmaster18]

Haha

Hahaha, I just got really bored so I decided to try out the new Xcode to make an app that would do this. So, complete with an over the top leopard styled UI, I introduce CustomDock!

PS: I know it's useless you don't have to tell me

 

[ortuno2k]

Worked great!
Lamer note: In case no one has noticed or posted, if you try the terminal script, you have to log out and log back in to notice the changes.
Thank you.

 

[VoodooDaddy]

Worked great!
Lamer note: In case no one has noticed or posted, if you try the terminal script, you have to log out and log back in to notice the changes.
Thank you.

Not true. Possibly if you are using a non-admin account you would have to. But Ive swapped from 2d to 3d and back in terminal without having to log out.

 

[VoodooDaddy]

Hahaha, I just got really bored so I decided to try out the new Xcode to make an app that would do this. So, complete with an over the top leopard styled UI, I introduce CustomDock!

PS: I know it's useless you don't have to tell me

Post a screenshot of what this look like, Im curious.

 

[VoodooDaddy]

BTW, cool scripts you wrote Spaz. Im not at all familiar or comfortable with terminal. I followed the script in the other thread and got the 2d dock fine though.

But I downloaded your zip and will keep it so I dont have to track down that other thread when (if) I want to revert back to the 3d dock. Personally, I think the 2d dock is WAY better than "the shelf."

 

[ivnj]

Thanks for those. The terminal thing kept saying not found and 1 I don't know what it did. These worked great.

ivnj

 

[Eidorian]

Not true. Possibly if you are using a non-admin account you would have to. But Ive swapped from 2d to 3d and back in terminal without having to log out.

Have you tried just killing the Dock?

 

[mashinhead]

Oh, sorry... do you want me to post the separator files?

Go ahead and download them. They go in the following folder:

System/Library/CoreServices/Dock/Contents/Resources

Important: Don't forget to rename the current files to separatorstraight_backup.png and separatorstraight-horizontal_backup.png before you copy my files into that folder or you won't be able to switch back to the originals again if you change your mind.

Have fun.

By the way, if you wanna know how I removed the separator completely from the 3D Dock, I just renamed separator.png to separator.bak.png (this way the Dock can't find the file, so therefore doesn't display it).

i tried changing the seperators and it will not work. i drag and drop, it asks me if i want to change them i say yes, and they remain the defaults.

and if i try and change the name of the file it says i don't have sufficient privileges, and i'm using an admin account

 

[ntrigue]

I guess I am just easy to please, but I think this mod is excellent! Thanks for the GUI version!

 

[Wayne s]

Here's a couple of easy to use Automator actions for switching between the 3D Dock (Default on Bottom) to the 2D Dock (black Transparent on Bottom). It's for people who are not comfortable using the Terminal in fear of them screwing something up.

Here's a couple of screenshots.

Left image is 2D Dock
Right image is the Default 3D Dock

Note: This is only to be used on Leopard. It probably won't do a single thing in Tiger.

That is fantastic. Can not thank you enough.

Wayne.

 

[Chris Welch]

The problem I have with the 2D Dock is that the name of the item you're looking at no longer has the dark background behind it. It's just white font, which can be hard to see in certain situations.

Has anyone found a way to have the 2D dock but still with the dark bubble behind the item names?

 

[me_94501]

The problem I have with the 2D Dock is that the name of the item you're looking at no longer has the dark background behind it. It's just white font, which can be hard to see in certain situations.

Has anyone found a way to have the 2D dock but still with the dark bubble behind the item names?

Weird. I use the 2D Dock and I get the black background behind the text.

 

[xanatos]

Thank you. Unlike some people who like to complain about how easy the Terminal is compared to just double clicking an icon.

some people are super scared about using terminal dos stuff including me

but its getting easier