[release] True Separator For Objectdock

I was going through the ObjectDock Newsgroup and got this juicy tidbit from Max Power.

ObjectDock does support having more than one real separator. It's just not documented. You have to manually edit the CurrentTheme.ini to get it done.

Here's how (copied from Max's post)

1. Drag a separator .png to where you want it on the dock (usually

included in backgrounds that have separators).

2. Close OD.

3. Open the currenttheme.ini file and look for the reference to the .png

you just placed. It will look something like this:

[item(1-18)]

Type=Shortcut

Target=C:\Program Files\ObjectDock\Backgrounds\tubular-grey\separator.png

Args=

Title=separator.png

Image=backgrounds\tubular-grey\separator.png

4. Change the type to Separator, delete the target value and title value

so that it looks something like this:

[item(1-18)]

Type=Separator

Target=

Args=

Title=

Image=backgrounds\tubular-grey\separator.png

5. Save the file and open OD. A non-magnifying separator!

I am assuming that this only works with backgrounds that have

separators, haven't tried it on one that didn't come with one.

Cheers.

PS. This should be made a sticky so people don't keep asking for it.

#63288

Interesting! I got it to work!! Thanks!

#63294

That kicks a$$ - thanks for the info! (Y)

#63299

Way cool thanks for the info man this is great

#63302

AT LAST!!!!

Sorry for the caps, but I've been waiting for it! THANKS! (Y) (Y)

#63348

ok, cool, but i did get this tiny error:

#63360

it does not work to me... or well, it does not look fine.

[edited]

WoW this Work Fine !!!! i made something Wrong.

but how can i get rid of the "separator" that comes with the Dock`s taskbar when it is Enabled??? i just want it to merge with the other icons ... is there a way to use some kind of "trasparent" seprarator so it won`t shw again ??? should be really cool.

does anyone knows how to do something similar ???

#63372

You could always edit the BG ini in order to make it point to a completely transparent png.

#63396

I had done the below-mentioned thing.

1. Create "New Shortcut" Drag to where you want on the dock.

2. Close OD.

3. Open the currenttheme.ini file and look for the "New Shortcut".

[item(1-4)]

Type=Shortcut

Target=

Args=

Title=New Shortcut

Image=

4. Change the type to Separator.

[item(1-4)]

Type=Separator

Target=

Args=

Title=New Shortcut

Image=

5. Save and close INI file.

6.Open OD.

#63412

I used this and it works very well. This is one of those things I'm sure stardock just didn't want to implement until 1.0 or something so that the list of advantages to 1.0 was that much larger. What I really like about this method is that you can add any image as a separator.

#63585

OMG!!!!

Im not much interested in separators, but someone found a way to get separators on the dock is f***ing awesome!!

this shows that the feature was already there but stardock didnt want us to have it till now dont know y

#63636

don`t mean to b1tch but separators in OD (or should i say the empty space around them) look too big and not as good as in Yz.

#63812

Yes it's true. But then again, Yz spacing is also narrower than the original Jaguar. Moby has the most accurate spacing but unfortunately works too slow on my systems.

#63815

Beautiful!

:own:

:woot:

edit: Cool, you can even drag them along the dock and drag them off.

Chris

#63846

Seems the separator will grow too long when i'm using a dock background scheme with shadow.

Anyone has the same experience?

#63869

Originally posted by livecn@Oct 10 2003, 08:28 PM

Seems the separator will grow too long when i'm using a dock background scheme with shadow.

Anyone has the same experience?

Me too

#66181

does anyone has the .png of a separator or at list can explane to me how can i grab the default one that is in the dock?

thanx

#66209

Originally posted by livecn@Oct 10 2003, 06:28 PM

Seems the separator will grow too long when i'm using a dock background scheme with shadow.

Anyone has the same experience?

I got the same problem with the shadowed backgrounds. I tried to mess with the background.ini files in two ways, each to no avail:

1. I tried to create new separator.png files that were half as tall

2. I changed the settings for Topheight and Bottom height

If anyone has any more info about this or any kinds of workarounds (other than just not using shadowed backgrounds) i'd love to see some more posts!

#66287

I'm afraid it's a bug that hasn't been ironed out yet when shadows are used. Maybe that's why Jeff didn't include an option to add more separators in the configuration settings for this release. I think it has been fixed for the next build and I have a feeling that the option to easily add separators has already been implemented.

Please correct me if I'm wrong JMB.

#66295

*bump*

Seems some members missed this thing.

#71430

Ha! Very nice. You got some respect from me.

#73464

Sticky now

#73481

a little birdie told me we`ll hv real separators in 1.0

#73484

well.... we'll call the user-separator-graphical-glitch-with-shadowed-backgrounds a "glitch" even though you guys weren't supposed to find that whole little "changing-the-item-type-in-the-ini-to-separator" thing in the first place hehe

ah, user separators. well, you clever bunch figured out the secret and i won't take it away from you hehe i haven't publically enabled the separators yet because I'm still looking towards the possibility of having a more sophisticated organizational system possibly at some point in the future... at which point the original concept of user-separators might not meld in and screw up the ordering of stuff. Regardless of whether there's a menu item in 1.0 though, I fixed that little graphical glitch with shadowed backgrounds and user-separators Going to go do some thinking about this... has implications more than just at the surface level which is why i shyed away from it before. we'll see.... regardless though that little 'undocumented' trick will continue to work hehe

back to work, cya cya!

-Jeff

#73499

whoohooo

Jeff has spoken (once again )

separators, AF, now i can die happy

#73521