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Reveal the Dock in Lion's fullscreen apps

by Michael Grothaus Jul 28th 2011 at 2:30PM

MacWorld has published a nice little tip that allows Lion users to reveal the Dock while in fullscreen apps. To do so, while in any fullscreen app, simply move the pointer all the way to the edge where the Dock is pinned. Once your cursor is resting on that edge of the screen, swipe or move the mouse in that same direction again, as if you were trying to move beyond the edge. The Dock will then spring right up. Pretty cool, huh?

MacWorld also points out that Apple didn't simply go with the "Hide Automatically" Dock feature in fullscreen app mode because many fullscreen apps may have buttons at the bottom or on the sides and automatically displaying the Dock when moving your cursor to the edge of the screen could cause the Dock to block the buttons you are trying to click.

[via MacStories]



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Pres

Oh that's very useful. Normally I'd wind up stumbling over these things, but this one had eluded me until now.

July 30 2011 at 9:03 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Reggie

The drag and drop from desktop to app or mail attachment to app - whatever is as you'd expect. Pick it up, drag to left or right edge of screen until that app pops up - then release - works great. :-)

August 01 2011 at 11:53 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
taxman75

So helpful! But how to access the Desktop! How to drag a pic from fullscreen Safari onto the Desktop?

July 29 2011 at 10:05 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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coldasice

use your multi touch gestures and swipe over to the desktop while dragging an image. that should do it for ya

August 02 2011 at 5:01 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Gary

Awesome! Works for me. Was hoping there was something like this built in.

July 29 2011 at 7:56 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
o15a3d4l..s2

Can someone please tell me which is the application with the green duck icon... Looks like Adium, but is also a bit different from the original one...?

July 29 2011 at 7:25 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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bcse

It's alternative icon for Adium: http://lab.3fl.jp/fatbird-colors-icon-for-adium/

August 01 2011 at 10:38 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
AydenArroya

Nice tip for Lion's full screen apps! Thanks!

July 29 2011 at 12:02 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
stoneytark

This sukin fux for Wacom tablet users,

July 29 2011 at 12:00 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Marcos

I wish they did something along those lines for the menu bar too. Every time I try to press a button or hit the URL bar in full screen safari, I overshoot (Fitt's Law), the menu bar pops down, moves the thing I'm trying to click ever so slightly down. It's driving me crazy.

July 28 2011 at 7:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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taxman75

Right. FYI, the menu dropdown is nicely delayed: the solution is not to avoid it, but to hit it each time and curl down. Aiming for tab/URL bar without "banking the shot" like this would take a cyborg.

July 29 2011 at 10:09 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
kiltbear64

If you are in a full screen app and want the doc, a four finger swipe up gives you mission control, with all your windows available as well as the dock. I don't think it's an over site.

July 28 2011 at 4:38 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Krishan Bhanot

I thought it was a glitch/lag thing too

July 28 2011 at 3:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Twisk

Wow, I thought this was a glitch. When I pull my mouse to the bottom of the screen - I expect to see the dock pop-up (whether I'm in a full screen app or not).

I was certain this was a glitch when I first discovered it. ...seems like inconsistent usability. Huh.

July 28 2011 at 3:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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