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5.1

Completely rewritten preferences and dock storage

Much improved Desktop Trash

Improved dock visuals

Improved contextual menu previews

Added options to control how Exposé affects docks.
Added new "Item Options" hot keys to open the current Finder selection with a specific application.
Added a "Hide Dock" command to the File menu.
Added a "Duplicate Dock" command to the Edit menu.
Added an option to display status icons (locked, read-only etc) in the name bar.
Added an option to show the version in the name bar.
Added an option to show the version at the end of the name for dock items.
Added an option to show the version on the icon for dock items.
Added hot key mapping for F16 key on new Apple keyboards.
Docks snap to the middle of the screen and other docks while dragging.
Hold down the Control key while dragging a window to see the snap grid.
You can now choose which application opens a particular folder or disk item.
You can now lock the Process, Disk, and Window docks to stop dock settings being changed.
Added new Traditional Chinese localisation by Rick Chen.

Improved AppleScript support including "every" and "whose" keywords.
Improved error messages when DragThing is unable to open items.
Improved messages when opening and saving.
Improved dialogs when copying or moving items to a folder in a dock.
Improved handling of "ghost" items in the Window Dock.
DragThing will unhide itself if necessary when asked to show docks.
DragThing will now try to use the Finder if "Enable Path Finder support" is on, but Path Finder isn't currently running.

Fixed a problem renaming items in a layer set to arrange automatically.
Fixed a problem tabbing between dock items.
Fixed a problem displaying the label for the startup disk in the Disk Dock.
Fixed a problem when deleting dock items.
Fixed a rare crash when clicking on docks.

This is a free upgrade for registered users of DragThing 5.

5.1.1

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