Y'z Dock And Taskbar

Yeah, I know this is not polite to ask but:

since the SDK had been released, this dock almost became the best dock out...

why ? because his potential becomes unlimited

BUT! yes there is a but...

it's also the only dock which do not have a taskbar function.... and personnally this is what prevents me from switching to it....

so, I officialy ask for a taskbar function, or at least, if not, some tools to make it with a docklet

plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, I can keep in place with thinking the SDK is out, and not using it...

thanks

EDIT:

by tools I mean function like for example: CreateAnotherItem() to create some items etc...

actually, this is the only thing I need

#29294

yeah!!!! i'd like this feature too!! has anyone suggested it to mr. yamaguchi? this is one reason why i still use objectdock (and also because od seems faster...i like to scroll through my icons really fast).

i hope it's incorporated in future releases.

:woot:

#29322

hey, siwu I just had an idea for this.

You know the arrow function on the dock? I've realized it's practically a task function on it's own. Perhaps a docklet could be made to interface with the arrow function to determine if a program is already on the dock. The arrow function does seem to keep track of tasks.

So the docket would look at the arrow function see whether the icon with the associated .exe has an arrow if not, create an icon with an arrow for conistencies sake.

Since an arrow only appears when there is an associated task, a task should only appear if there is one that doesn't have an arrow. But, if it's already there the arrow function would have put an arrow.

Am I making any sense?

That is of course assuming you can have a createitem function. Which it seems you can't from what I read. Here's hoping Mr. Yamaguchi is working on something similar as a integrated feature.

#29576

Well, the docklet SDK doesn't allow you to interfer with other items :/ sadly :/

#29579

I'm really thinking now that docklets are just a y'z version of docklings which are a version of NeXtstep dock applications. Meaning it is for small single item dock applications. I used to use a shell based on NeXT and it had a NeXT type dock which I used a volume and winamp dock application.

#29582

What you are asking has been talked about since v3. Mr. Yamaguchi said back then he had no intention to implament running tasks in the dock. He may change his mind now since I posted this, to make me look bad, lol. As far as the docklets are concerend this is new ground for all of us, that's why the SDK was released to see what can been done and what can be improved on.

#29693

Originally posted by KaosAD@May 28 2003, 04:15 AM

What you are asking has been talked about since v3. Mr. Yamaguchi said back then he had no intention to implament running tasks in the dock. He may change his mind now since I posted this, to make me look bad, lol. As far as the docklets are concerend this is new ground for all of us, that's why the SDK was released to see what can been done and what can be improved on.

Great

So I officialy request 2 functions

int YzCreateItem(

HINSTANCE hInst, // in

int idDocklet, //in

int ItemPlacement, //in

int ItemType, // in

HBITMAP ItemIcon // in

);

Arguments:

hInst

It is the instance handle of this docklet.

Please use the instance handle received by OnInitialize().

idDocklet

This is for Y'z Dock to know which docklet created the item.

ItemPlacement

The position from the right let's say

ItemType

Why don't do something like this:

#define ITEM_SHORTCUT 1

#define ITEM_SEPARATOR 2

ItemIcon

The Icon of course

Return Value:

This function would return the ItemID of the item

This function would have its DestroyItem clone of course

So that ItemID could be used let's say in OnLeftButtonClick

This function would be modified like this:

BOOL OnLeftButtonClick(

int x, // (in)

int y, // (in)

int width, // (in)

int height, // (in)

UINT key, // (in)

int idItem, //

EDIT:

I suppose thoses function already exists

but why don't include them in the SDK

#29718

Yah it's really a shame as yzdock has an amazing settings dialog and the icons look so great. Also the maginfication is wonderful. But I can't be as productive without a taskbar on my dock So for now I guess I'm stuck using moby dock with less sharp icons

#30335

I agree with that request... I think that a taskbar is necessary

#30367

yes, but it would be cool an OS X behaviour, not ObjetDock

#30372