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Re: Launching scripts from Dragthing
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Re: Launching scripts from Dragthing


  • Subject: Re: Launching scripts from Dragthing
  • From: WJ Shack <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2003 14:39:17 -0600

Mr. Tea suggested:

> I've built DragThing docks for around a dozen apps, and have found that they
> need to be configured in a fairly specific way to ensure consistent
> behaviour (ie, consistent with themselves and with other application
> toolbars and palettes).
>
> The dock should be set to float all the time; the 'Dock items are buttons'
> box on the misc pane of the Dock Options window should be checked; and the
> Dock's title bar should be _hidden_. (From an aesthetic point of view, I
> also prefer to check the 'Hide shadow' option.)

This does in fact greatly improve the reliability of launching scripts from
DT. Thanks very much. It also seems important to have the "Run Applescripts
when opening" and "Allow Applescripts to run in background" prefs in the
Miscellaneous tab of the prefs checked. The impact of the title bar is
especially surprising. I also like the aesthetics of "Hide shadow".
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