Nicholas Penree

Co-founder and Developer at Conceited Software

I spend my time working at Conceited Software, an independent development studio focused on creating highly usable software for Mac, iOS, and the web.

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Jan 4 2011
A Better List Mode for Stacks When switching to a side-positioned Dock, one thing I really missed was being able to have my Documents and Downloads stacks in “Fan” mode. Fan mode allows you to view a list of files but also has dragging capability. Thanks to Onyx, I found a nice hidden preference for Dock which allows you to use a new list which seems to draw inspiration from iOS and also restores dragging ability. To enable the “new” list mode style open Terminal.app and enter the following commands: $ defaults write com.apple.dock "use-new-list-stack" -bool true $ killall Dock Your dock should restart and any stack using the list mode will be in the new style.

A Better List Mode for Stacks

When switching to a side-positioned Dock, one thing I really missed was being able to have my Documents and Downloads stacks in “Fan” mode. Fan mode allows you to view a list of files but also has dragging capability.

Thanks to Onyx, I found a nice hidden preference for Dock which allows you to use a new list which seems to draw inspiration from iOS and also restores dragging ability.

To enable the “new” list mode style open Terminal.app and enter the following commands:

$ defaults write com.apple.dock "use-new-list-stack" -bool true
$ killall Dock

Your dock should restart and any stack using the list mode will be in the new style.

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