Feb 24
I found this widget called “CharacterPal”, it has an option that lets you drag the widget to the desktop. All you have to do is start dragging the widget as you press F12. The good thing is that once the option is enabled you don’t need to keep “CharacterPal” open in the dashboard, so you can close it an still drag your favorite widget to the desktop. Hope this is helpful, enjoy!
February 24th, 2008 at 8:56 am
Ummm……I may be missing something, but, any chance for a link?
February 24th, 2008 at 9:03 am
This was [b]just[/b] posted:
http://www.leopardtricks.com/leopard/widgets-on-desktop
February 24th, 2008 at 9:20 am
Tinkertool allows you to switch to a widget developer mode where you can drag widgets on the desktop. Havent tried it though as I was afraid that I would not get rid of them
February 24th, 2008 at 10:04 am
i have never heard of Tinkertool or CharacterPal but the terminal command to activate this is (as I have said before):
defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES
February 24th, 2008 at 11:59 am
just google “CharacterPal” just like that, without space… wait i’ll do it for you.
http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/reference/characterpal.html
February 24th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
yeah this works without all that nonsense, just put in that terminal command above
February 24th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
there is a problem…when you drag the widgets…they will be over other applications all time…and it-s dificult to see in small screens.
February 25th, 2008 at 1:46 am
Ok,
How do I work the terminal command. I couldn’t get it working.
February 26th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
this is one of the most useful tricks I have used. thanks!
February 29th, 2008 at 5:38 am
Ummm….My F12..Is the volume up on my keyboard.and if i press it…..it just truns my volume up…….HELP!!!!
March 2nd, 2008 at 4:10 am
Chuck Norris asked a question…. someone better answet it quick or else…… once terminal command is in, how to then move widget to desktop?
March 2nd, 2008 at 5:47 am
You don’t need a program to do this! You can do it within leopard automatically without messing with Terminal Command either. Just hit F12 to bring up the widgets, click and hold the widget you to move to the desktop, while holding the click, move the widget (anywhere), and hit F12 again. It should now be on your desktop. To undo it, just select the widget (holding down the click again) and hit F12. Once your widgets are displayed, release the click. Hope this helps!
one problem–the widget will cover up your applications…kinda annoying but it works.
March 8th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
LOLO – brilliant, thanks.
April 21st, 2008 at 2:23 am
Another simple solution… (on Tiger, I don’t have Leopard)
without any code, just use the interface ! ;^)
First you need to know your keyboard shortcut to activate Dashboard.
Then:
- open Dashboard (ie with your keyboard shortcut)
- clic and drag to select the new widget you want to open… but without releasing your mouse !
- close Dashboard with your keyboard shortcut
- release your mouse
That’s All Folk!
May 21st, 2008 at 7:40 pm
On recent Macs (especially the iMac with the aluminum keyboard), the Dashboard shortcut is programmed at the factory as F4. They even put a little Dashboard icon on it (a speedometer). Still, in Leopard, I think you might need to make that Terminal command.
October 7th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Hi there i have a macbook running 10.5 on it and using the f12 button will bring my widget’s to focus. i have tried the above ways and none of them work for me. Can someone please tell me how i go about this. I used to be able to do it on my imac but it doesn’t work there either.
thanks
Sammy
March 21st, 2010 at 4:27 am
For laptops the F4 key is the dashboard key so use that when dragging!