Docky Gets Spacing In Panel Mode

By Joey Sneddon, Published February 3, 2010

Just a quick heads up – Docky has gained ‘spacing’ between launchers and docklets when in panel mode.

Click the image below for a better view.

This certainly makes panel mode much more usable. Previously all dock items were centred making panel mode less, well, panel-y.

Nice update!

http://www.alexsleat.com/ Alex
At last! I’ve been waiting for this for so long :D
http://seifsallam.co.cc/ Seif Sallam
this should be optional because i don’t like it

http://iovarsamis.blogspot.com/ YaniMrjack
I was also searching for an option for that.
Unfortunately, there is not such thing in preferences.
Non-centered panel is *not* the way it is supposed to be.
Am switching.

mike
of course you can turn it on and off..
“Panel Mode” [ ] or [x] <- this is right on the first settings tab..^^

http://iovarsamis.blogspot.com/ YaniMrjack
The comments you replied to are talking about the change *of* panel mode.
Isn’t this obvious ?

pipex
I hate it. My docky panel mode with centered icons was really beautiful, symmetric and practical (the center of the screen is a good place for icons because is fast to reach), now they changed it without a choice.
I really like docky but not so much this move.

http://twitter.com/TheAxeR Lucas David-Roesler
Are the gcal and dropbox docklets available through the ppa or did you build those on your own?

http://omgubuntu.co.uk/ d0od
They’re not part of Docky yet. They’re pending review for inclusion.
http://twitter.com/isakk isakk
If you like to try the gcalendar docklet, you can use this “installer”, it is simply a script that copies the GCalendar.dll and GCalendar.dll.mdb to /usr/lib/docky/plugins and the icon to /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128×128/apps. This applies to ubuntu 9.10 at least, dont know where docky gets installed in other distros, Then just restart docky and the docklet appears in the list.
Download: http://people.dsv.su.se/~isak-kar/public/GCalendarDocklet.tar.gz
Extract -> sudo ./install.sh -> restart docky -> enable the docklet
(sudo ./uninstall.sh to uninstall)

http://twitter.com/TheAxeR Lucas David-Roesler
Thanks for the download. I had tried building it from source but it just blew up my install. Your link worked perfectly.
http://twitter.com/isakk isakk
Use this link instead: http://people.dsv.su.se/~isak-kar/docky/index.html#download

http://twitter.com/isakk isakk
If you like to try the gcalendar docklet, you can use this “installer”, it is simply a script that copies the GCalendar.dll and GCalendar.dll.mdb to /usr/lib/docky/plugins and the icon to /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128×128/apps. This applies to ubuntu 9.10 at least, dont know where docky gets installed in other distros, Then just restart docky and the docklet appears in the list.
Download: http://people.dsv.su.se/~isak-kar/public/GCalendarDocklet.tar.gz
Extract -> sudo ./install.sh -> restart docky -> enable the docklet
(sudo ./uninstall.sh to uninstall)

http://twitter.com/symodhcn Symod J. Urich
They need to add the workspace switcher docklet, I miss that from Gnome-Do.
John
Loving docky, but I would like to see a Show Desktop item and a built-in terminal like that of AWN :)

mike
what do you need an icon for showing the desktop?
isn’t that windowsly lame?
ctrl+d is much quicker ;)

John
For quick unmounting of devices. A desktop switcher would also be nice :)
pt
that is the same combination for bookmarking in a browser
a button useful when you are using the mouse heavily, a screen edge would be ideal

David
yeah or just assigned a hot-corner to show the desktop if you don’t like the keyboard shortcut.

Anonymous
Nice! bye by Gnome panel. hello docky!
Anonymous
nice! now I can use it as my panel instead of the standard gnome panel. got one question however, can I add a main menu button to docky

mike
Computer says no.
Maybe in a future version, or there could be a plugin, making the docky icon open one instead of the settings window.
Anonymous
I’ve pinned the Application Browser to the dock. It works ~OK~. Its not nearly as quick as a menu, and its super ugly because docky doesn’t have an icon of it (it rocks the grey question mark) but it does the job.
Anonymous
you can always just delete it from gnome-panel and assign it to a keyboard short cut and pop it up from anywhere. or use this:
http://onlyubuntu.blogspot.com/2008/12/circular-application-menu-for-ubuntu.html

http://twitter.com/ashutoshrishi Ashutosh Rishi
It has also gained an extra option of “journal” for every launcher (or I just saw it). Though it still works properly only for gedit for me.
Anonymous
Does Docky work in multi-display environments? IE: Can I stretch a panel across the bottom of my two displays?
David
Now it only needs the option to let you place the icons wherever you want in the panel (like if I want to have more space between them for example).
Bill
hell ya!!
dd
the death of gnome-panel? :D,
FINALLY I’LL USE A DOCK :D o/ because it’s beautiful and useful :3
Yhu
Hmm… now if they got the icon spacing done right… It seems each icon only takes up it’s own width, so if you have the docky set to, example, 48px, and an icon is 48px wide, then it looks right.
If the icon next to it is only 40px wide, then instead of it being centred and padded 4px on each side, it just looks crammed.
I’d try and fix it, but… hmm.. Mono… gag. :P
Anonymous
reminds me of win7
Name
It was already in AWN. Is there anything better in Docky? Perfomance, plugins, features, stability… ?

Anonymous
Its not a full release yet. Chill.
But yes, it is better. better stability, better feel, petter performance, better directional team.

Casey
Actually I’ve been using the Avant 3.9+ as a gnome replacement for awhile now. Docky is nice, but of the two I much prefer the new Avant. Pic is here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47128423@N08/4315943847/in/pool-omgubuntu

Anonymous
awn is definitely full featured enough right now to use as a full replacement, but docky’s development has been like lightning. once its the full release, it will probably blow awn out of the water.

Tom
why don’t they add a ‘spacer’ option. I want to group icons and separate them with a simple vertical line. And the ‘show multiple’ window thing doesn’t work.
http://skalkainprogress.onsugar.com skalka
Reinventing the wheel, over and over and over again… I still prefer Gnome Do/Docky, and with Gnome Shell all these things will be just… useless.
http://mypaglia.altervista.org/ Paglia
Really a good news!
Jonathan
Before Docky can replace the Gnome Panel, it needs to have a system tray as well..
So for now its AWN for me.
Anonymous
I’m confused as to why people assume this isn’t optional.