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[tor-bugs] #2383 [Vidalia]: Hide the Vidalia Application from the Dock in Mac OS X
#2383: Hide the Vidalia Application from the Dock in Mac OS X
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Reporter: Landry314 | Owner: chiiph
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone:
Component: Vidalia | Version: Vidalia 0.2.10
Keywords: Hide in Dock | Parent:
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The Vidalia application for Mac OS X wastes space on the dock because the
menu item has all the functions a user would need including opening the
control panel which can quit Vidalia. The dock item is almost completely
useless and it takes up real estate.
So what I did is edited the info.plist in the package contents to add this
line:
<key>LSUIElement</key>
<string>1</string>
and POOF the dock icon is gone, no longer an eyesore and a waste of space.
I suggest you add an option in the program that will enable users to
toggle hiding it in the dock. I know this is possible because I have seen
this option in other programs.
I have also set Vidalia as a login item so now it runs silently and mostly
invisibly except for the menu item. This is nice and exactly what I want.
You could ALSO add an option to set Vidalia as a login item so users won't
have to do this manually in the "Accounts" system preference or by right-
clicking on the dock icon and then going to "Options > Open at Login".
Some users don't know they can even do this.
Both these added features would make Vidalia smoother to use and they are
super easy to program; I bet there are templates easily available you can
copy and paste with dialog items, code, and library calls all ready to go!
Im sorry I put two feature requests in one ticket... Should I open another
for the login item option?
Thank you and good luck!
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