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10.4: Detach widgets from the Dashboard
Authored by: mark hunte on Jun 07, '05 05:08:32PM

While playing with todays The Pick of the week,

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050607132656591

I discovered that I can do the detached
widget without doing the devmode.

I have checked the plist and it is set to NO.



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mh



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10.4: Detach widgets from the Dashboard
Authored by: saddino on Jun 07, '05 07:21:01PM

Of course, there's also Amnesty (see post above) if you want more control over your widgets that dev mode offers (like embedding widgets in your desktop or setting your widgets semi-opaque and click-through).

and Amnesty is also the only way for Panther users to enjoy these great widgets, though the PotW doesn't seem to work in in yet :-(





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10.4: Detach widgets from the Dashboard
Authored by: wlogon on Jun 08, '05 12:40:23AM
If you are already digging through the defaults database, there is another option: Set the key "in-layer" to "NO"! This will move the widget out of the the Dashboard layer into the screen layer. You only need to restart the Dock to make things happen. Suchan on-screen not-in-layer widget is slightly different from a developer mode layer. To remove it, it must be removed from Dashboard by using the close-button. Or you put it into that layer by changing that flag again.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>layer-gadgets</key>
    <array>
        <dict>
            <key>id</key>
            <string>41a07b4761b3ce21</string>
            <key>in-layer</key>
            <true/>
            <key>path</key>
            <string>/Library/Widgets/Weather.wdgt/</string>
            <key>percent-offset-x</key>
...
    
This is from my "com.apple.dashboard.plist" file.

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