Magdock

jeffneedle · Post by **jeffneedle** » Mon Sep 14, 2020 9:36 pm

Hi. Does anyone know if support is available for magdock? I can't find contact info in any of the files in the download. I want to change its behavior so that it minimizes back to the tray after pressing the escape key. Thanks.

taersh · Post by **taersh** » Mon Sep 14, 2020 9:58 pm

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=218

jeffneedle · Post by **jeffneedle** » Mon Sep 14, 2020 10:09 pm

Subject locked, can't post a new question.

JakeSFR · Post by **JakeSFR** » Mon Sep 14, 2020 10:18 pm

jeffneedle wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2020 9:36 pm Hi. Does anyone know if support is available for magdock? I can't find contact info in any of the files in the download. I want to change its behavior so that it minimizes back to the tray after pressing the escape key. Thanks.

Hmm, implementing ESC as a trigger for that would be problematic...

The magnifying window is deliberately set to not accept focus, so local keyboard shortcuts won't work.

And I'm pretty sure that defining it as a global shortcut would intercept it from all other apps.

Anyway, there's already a (undocumented) way to quickly minimize the magnifying window - just make sure "Hide on mouse hover" option in Preferences is unchecked and then you can simply middle-click the dock to hide it.

HTH
Greetings!

taersh · Post by **taersh** » Mon Sep 14, 2020 11:46 pm

jeffneedle wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2020 10:09 pm Subject locked, can't post a new question.

Yes, you should not post a new question over there.
I posted this link to make you read that topic, so you would understand that there's perhaps a lot of information missing in your opening post of this topic here.

Post by **bigpup** » Tue Sep 15, 2020 1:37 am

Magdock is setup to work with the mouse and what mouse buttons you press.

Right click on the magdock tray icon.
Select help.
It tells you how to control using the mouse.
Other options in that right click menu.

You have to use the mouse to move around what magdock is magnifying.
Seems logical to use the mouse to control it.

jeffneedle · Post by **jeffneedle** » Tue Sep 15, 2020 2:29 am

Thanks to both of you. My mouse is older, no middle button. I'll just continue to use the standard way of closing magdock. Thanks again.

taersh · Post by **taersh** » Tue Sep 15, 2020 3:42 am

jeffneedle wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2020 2:29 am Thanks to both of you. My mouse is older, no middle button. I'll just continue to use the standard way of closing magdock. Thanks again.

Then make use of pressing both mouse buttons. Usually this is interpreted as a middle-click in Puppy (Linux general?)!

jeffneedle · Post by **jeffneedle** » Tue Sep 15, 2020 3:59 am

Just interprets as a right click. Thanks for the hint.

Post by **bigpup** » Tue Sep 15, 2020 10:43 am

Try this setting change to the mouse, to see if clicking both buttons at same time, works as middle button click.
menu->Setup->Mouse/keyboard Wizard->Type of Mouse
Only have selected middle button emulated on 2-button mouse
DO NOT have selected mouse has scroll wheel.
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step · Post by **step** » Tue Sep 15, 2020 5:55 pm

@jeffneedle If you will accept starting/stopping magdock with a global shortcut, you can assign the following shell one-liner to the global shortcut key of your own choosing to toggle the magdock. For example, I assign Win+z in Fatdog64's Sven Multimedia keyboard manager:

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sh -c "pkill magdock || magdock"

P.S. I don't think that assigning Escape as a global shortcut key is a good idea.

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