Verticle Shaped Docks

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Can someone give me a walk through on how to get the look Im going for. Do I use a dock or tab? I am using Obj Dock Plus. I would like a single tab/dock set up. Docked horizontaly (say on the bottom) but to be vertical shaped and pull out like a drawer. All icons would be stacked in a row going up rather than across. Many thanks in advance. "T"
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I don't think that can be done. I've tried something like that and what happens is that you get a plus/minus icon placed on your tabbed dock. You can have one icon showing and it hides the rest you would have in that particular tab. Maybe someone else will have another idea.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
According to the ObjectDock Plus article https://www.wincustomize.com/Articles.aspx?AID=29048 it can be done, but you would have to set up individual tabs (as their own dock)...here's a quote from that article:

User uses ObjectDock Plus tabs as drawers. This is accomplished by having single docks that are docked horizontally but are vertically shaped docks. So each dock ends up appearing as a drawer.



p.s. I recall Brad doing a video on OD+ and showing how to create the drawer styled docks...here it is Link

Hope that helps.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks for that info ama02...and I'm sure td2000 appreciates it as well.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks for the links. I did learn something new but there wasnt any info about how to get the tabs to run verticle. Ill give it a little more trial and error and see what I can come up with. I love the flexability of this program. Thanks again. "T"
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I think I get what you want to do, but am not sure. So I will give it a go.

First off, you really can only have one tab, not multiple ones. If you have more, but only have the dock one icon wide you won't be able to read any of them and they will probably look like crap anyway. So make a new tabbed dock (I think the default will be to be one icon tall, about 6 wide and have 3 or 4 tabs). Remove all but one of the tabs. You know have a dock with one tab, wide and short. Don't dock it anywhere yet. Add whatever icons you want (doesn't matter yet if there are too many to see all). Now, move to the bottom of the dock (opposite the tabs) and you will see a resize cursor appear. Click and drag. This will make your dock wide and tall. Now just go to one of the sides and do the same, but making it narrow. You will end up with a dock that is one icon wide and as tall as you want it. If you need to make it more tall just undock it again and drag on the bottom.

Hope that helps.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Yeah, BlueDev is right, I just tried it myself...when I created a new tabbed dock it started with 4 tabs and 3 icons. You can put your cursor over the lower corner and drag/resize it to be a drawer. If you checkmark the "drawer" feature in the setup, and select right or left side, it automatically turned it into a elongated drawer.

Thanks for the clarification BlueDev...I don't use that method so I wasn't totally sure myself.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Many Many Thanks To You All I finaly get it now. I love it. Its nice to have some outside help when you miss the little things like this. "T"