Talk:Docky

Docky cool app for Netbooks

Docky is real on great my netbook. I removed bottom panel, and set docky to autohide. So, I saved about 8 mm of screen size for apps. Icons can be realy big and shine even on 9 inch screen. Thank you!!! Only feature I miss so far - Show desktop icon. Where can I request that? -dumas

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Props to the devs for the great work! Along with the Show desktop icon, is a Desktop pager icon possible?

-hd

Docky on Intrepid

I have installed Do on Ubuntu Intrepid (8.10) but there is no docky option under appearance. Is there anything extra I need to do?

DJ

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DJ, you need version 7.something or other. The version in Intrepid is 6.0. You can find a .deb in the installing Do section of the site.

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The periodic releases of do can be found here: https://launchpad.net/do/trunk Dbbolton 18:45, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

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There is no .deb on the installing Do page. It's a pity the latest version isn't in Hardy backports. Maybe that's something for me to do when I have some spare time...like never.

It'd also be good if there was some mention on the wiki itself that there just isn't a package for the latest version and that effectively Docky doesn't exist for Hardy. Seanos 03:52, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Monitor

Docky is centered on my right hand monitor. Is there any way to move it to the left one? Also, is there any way to change the icons it uses? Sometimes it picks a 32x32 icon which gets stretched beyond the point of fugly. - Sagotsky

Run gconf-editor and then go to /apps/gnome-do/preferences/Docky/Utilities/DockPreferences. There is a "Monitor" preference which is set to 0 on my system; try changing it to 1 and see if it goes to your second monitor. There is also an IconSize which is set to 64, and AutomaticIcons set to 1. You could try setting the latter to 0 and see if any option appears. Most likely a 64x64 icon just doesn't exist for that app. You could also try seeing if you could change the app and add a 64x64 icon to its binary somehow, and then Docky would perhaps pick it up. -Ricky28269 15:16, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Docky Performance/Configuration Notes

I installed the 0.8 trunk release on Ubuntu Intrepid 64-bit, upgrading from 0.6. I use a composited desktop through Compiz, with graphic accel on an NVIDIA chip. I have found Docky to be unusably sluggish, though! If there is extra configuration that is needed to allow smooth performance on amd64 builds, could it please be included in the wiki for Docky? The rest of Do works fine. Devmage 18:28, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

How to resize Gnome Do's Docky?

I find the icons in Docky too big for my preference, but I couldn't find any settings I can change to set it smaller. Do anyone have any ideas about this? - jonkoay

Solved: It's a bit tricky, but if you hover over the top edge of Docky - try doing this on a divider for best results - you can click and drag down to shrink the bar as a whole. Likewise, if you want the bar and icons larger, do the same except click n' drag up.

Many thanks to the devs for their work. Now I can kick AWN to the curb!

Tab/Divider for running applications and execute applications

Hi, I think it might be useful if users were able to add their own tabs and dividers. For example: a divider between the running applications on Docky and applications that can be launched will let the user more easiliy distinguish the two.

I'd also like to thank the Gnome-DO team, this is one of the best applications I've seen in a while! Awesome job!

placement adjustment

Can it be possible to adjust Docky placement a bit more precisely? For example, to specify a certain distance between the edge of the screen and the place, where Docky pops out. So that it does not cover the Gnome menus, and does not get covered by Gnome panels. Right now there is a constant fight on my desktop - whichever i clicked last appears on top. And specifying displacement would make it appear as if Docky slided from under the panel...