DragThing Help | History | 5.1
5.1
Completely rewritten preferences and dock storage
- Docks are now saved as separate files and can be opened and closed at will.
- Docks can be exported and imported as XML files.
- Docks can be shared between different users.
- Added support for read-only docks.
- Added support for dock stationery.
- Added support for workspaces.
- Application preferences are stored using the Mac OS X "defaults" mechanism.
- No more updating preference files when running a new version.
- No more corruption of preferences files if your machine crashes.
- No more 16 megabyte limit for preference files.
- No more preference files!
Much improved Desktop Trash
- Added an option to show the number of items in the Desktop Trash.
- Added an option to open the Desktop Trash with a single click.
- Added an option to float the Desktop Trash above all other applications.
- Added an option to draw a dark background behind the Desktop Trash to make it easier to drag to.
- Added an option to empty the Trash on specific disks.
- Added an option to display a warning dialog when emptying the Trash.
- Added an option to lock the position of the Desktop Trash.
- Added an option to stop Exposé moving the Desktop Trash.
- Added a new hot spot action to toggle floating the Desktop Trash.
- Desktop Trash now uses Panther style selection highlighting.
- Trashes now display an Eject icon and name when you drag a disk to them.
- Contextual menu for Trash now shows number of items.
- You can now set a custom Eject icon for the Trash.
- You can now hold down control and command when clicking the Desktop Trash to empty it.
Improved dock visuals
- Added three new window styles including Metal.
- Added two new translucent layer and tab background styles.
- Added support for Metal styles on Jaguar.
- Added an option to use custom fonts for each dock.
- Added an option to scale the dock text size on Panther.
- Added an option to control the direction of vertical text drawn in docks.
- DragThing and Compact tab styles now look better against dark backgrounds.
- Item names now draw using the correct highlight colour on Panther.
Improved contextual menu previews
- DragThing can now show previews for more kinds of documents, including text files and Adobe InDesign documents.
- Added a number of useful commands to the preview menus including "Copy To Desktop".
- DragThing will no longer try to show previews for very large images or PDFs.
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
- Added "Open With" submenu to preview contextual menus.
- Added "Get Info", "Show Original" and "Path" items to the contextual menu for windows in the Window Dock that are documents.
- Added a "Remove Dock" command to the File menu.
- You can now drag documents in the Window Dock to other docks and the Finder.
- You can now export docks as folders or XML files using AppleScript.
- DragThing will now save any changes to AppleScripts after running them.
- Process Dock now shows short application names again by default.
- Switched on "Save Automatically" by default.
- Previews for PDF files only show the first page again.
- DragThing will no longer open dock files that are in the Trash.
- Now display better error messages when opening and saving docks and other files.
- Improved speed of opening and quitting DragThing.
- Fixed a problem with DragThing not quitting on restart, shutdown, or logout.
- Fixed a problem with dock files being damaged when the disk was full.
- Fixed a problem with labels for dock items being forgotten.
- Fixed a problem with layers not arranging automatically when moving items to another dock.
- Fixed a problem recording AppleScripts.
- Fixed a -50 error when trying to "Get Info" or "Show Original" on windows in the Window Dock.
- Fixed a rare crash when closing Process/Disk/Window docks.
- This is a free upgrade for registered users of DragThing 5.
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