DragThing Help | History | 5.5
5.5
- Added full support for spring-loaded folders.
- Added cool effects when switching between layers including fades, zooms, spins, and wipes.
- Added a restricted "Classroom Mode" designed for using DragThing in a lab, classroom, or home environment.
- Added support for editing text clippings stored in docks.
- Added an option to hide the DragThing icon in the Apple Dock
- Added an option to keep specific items permanently listed in the Process Dock.
- Added an option to disable all menu keyboard shortcuts.
- Added an option to show the count displayed on application icons at the end of the item name.
- Added an option to choose the font and size used for text in clipping windows.
- Added an option to only activate hot spots with the mouse button down.
- Eclipse is now listed in the Process Dock.
- Finder labels are now displayed in folder contents contextual menus.
- File information is now displayed in the preview contextual menus.
- Improved the File menu and dock contextual menus to make it easier to add items to docks.
- Updated unread message count support for the latest versions of SpamSieve, NetNewsWire, PowerMail, and Eudora.
- The running application indicator is now drawn using the dock text colour.
- The Script menu now supports aliases to folders.
- The "Contextual Menu Items" folder in the Scripts folder now supports aliases.
- Application icons can now display negative numbers returned by scripts.
- Changing the visibility settings for one dock no longer affects the visibility of other docks.
- You can now set custom "Open With" applications for files with no default application.
- DragThing now recognises URL clipping files created by Safari.
- DragThing now recognises AppleScript files without type and creator information.
- Clipping names are preserved when dragging to and from the Finder.
- Clippings are now given more descriptive names.
- The correct cursor is displayed when dragging a clipping file or URL to a dock.
- The "Quit" and "Force Quit" contextual menu commands now include the name of the application.
- Highlighting of hidden applications in other docks no longer requires the Process Dock to be showing.
- Added AppleScript properties to docks, layers, and items to get the index and ID of a given object.
- Added AppleScript properties to windows to get the dock, layer, or item object the window is associated with.
- Creating a dock or layer via AppleScript will return the new object.
- Application icon counts now draw correctly if the "Helvetica-Bold" font is missing.
- DragThing will now notice if an item has changed when you open it, and update the icon and version information.
- Fixed a problem with application icon counts not being displayed.
- Fixed a problem where only one item was replaced when dragging multiple items to a folder in a dock.
- Fixed a problem with applications staying in the Process Dock after they had quit unexpectedly.
- Fixed a problem with Hot Spots unexpectedly activating when the mouse button was released over one.
- Fixed a problem with contextual menu scripts opening rather than running.
- Fixed a problem setting layer styles via AppleScript.
- Fixed a problem dragging to some applications like Fetch.
- Fixed a problem searching for missing items with locked or read-only docks.
- Fixed a problem adding certain applications to the lists in the Preferences and Dock Options.
- Fixed a problem deleting clipping items which had been made from URL items.
- Fixed a problem setting colour or texture names to an empty string.
- Fixed a problem setting the selection via AppleScript.
- Fixed a problem importing items without a type or creator from XML dock files.
- Fixed an error mesage when dragging a dock item to a locked disk.
- Fixed white flash when showing DragThing.
- Fixed drawing problems in thousands of colours.
- Fixed icons in the Sounds section of the Preferences window.
- Fixed a crash when getting clipping data via AppleScript for an item that wasn't a clipping
- This is a free upgrade for registered users of DragThing 5.
5.5.1
- Fixed a problem drawing certain layer styles correctly.
- Fixed a problem dragging clipping files.
- Fixed a problem opening URLs and running scripts from folder contextual menus.
- Fixed a problem that sometimes caused the wrong items to be opened from folder contextual menus.
- Fixed a problem with the "Never Hidden Applications" and "Excluded Applications" lists.
- Fixed a problem with alert windows opening in the background when the Dock icon was hidden.
- Fixed a problem opening "Readiris Pro".
- Fixed a problem with the clipping window font and size settings not working on 10.2.
- Fixed a crash editing text clippings on 10.2.
- This is a free upgrade for registered users of DragThing 5.
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