Try them to easily access your favorite apps.
#Os x widgets for windows mac os#
The following 2 Mac OS like docks hugely resembles the one found on Apple’s computers.
#Os x widgets for windows windows 10#
Here are two MacOS docs for your Windows 10 PC that should satisfy your needs. Good, but if your needs are limited to looks or simply an app launcher that complements the Windows taskbar. There are quite a few docks available on Windows, and some of them are quite good.
There’s also the added functionality that you can access these usually from anywhere without having to minimize currently open windows. Not to mention they look much fancier than a start menu.Ī dock also manages to allow you to add many apps folders or files on your desktop without making it look cluttered.
While Mac OS docs don’t offer a lot to the Windows 10 desktop in terms of features, they do add a layer of convenience. This, in turn, has led many developers to take on the challenge and deliver a good experience to users on Windows. Yet, app launchers or MacOS like docks have been quite in demand over the years on Windows. Any ideas?Įxception in thread “AWT-EventQueue-0” : Width (-1) and height (-1) cannot be <= 0Īt .createCompatibleWritableRaster(DirectColorModel.java:999)Īt .(BufferedImage.java:321)Īt .UnifiedToolbarButtonUI.paintIcon(UnifiedToolbarButtonUI.java:47)Īt .BasicButtonUI.paint(BasicButtonUI.java:191)Īt .update(ComponentUI.java:143)Īt (JComponent.java:763)Īt (JComponent.java:1027)Īt (JComponent.java:5122)Īt (BufferStrategyPaintManager.java:277)Īt (RepaintManager.java:1213)Īt ._paintImmediately(JComponent.java:5070)Īt (JComponent.java:4880)Īt (RepaintManager.java:799)Īt (RepaintManager.java:714)Īt (RepaintManager.java:694)Īt $n(SystemEventQueueUtilities.java:128)Īt .dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:209)Īt (EventQueue.java:597)Īt (EventDispatchThread.java:284)Īt (EventDispatchThread.java:184)Īt (EventDispatchThread.java:174)Īt (EventDispatchThread.java:169)Īt (EventDispatchThread.java:161)Īt (EventDispatchThread.The concept of an app launcher or a dock on a Windows desktop might seem redundant to some.
I am having problems with running the demo with WinXP java1.6.0_10-beta. I’ll email the developers at JetBrains to get their take on the issue. I would, of course, like my library to work well with IntelliJ’s UI builder and other UI builders. I’ve really come to like this pattern – hopefully others will to. I’ve tried to be true to this approach by explicitly authoring the API that my components expose, thereby making it easier (hopefully) to use them. For example, what does it mean for a JButton to auto scroll? It inherits the auto scroll property from JComponent, but this property doesn’t make sense for the JButton component.įrameworks like Cocoa suggest using aggregation over inheritance, as it reduces the overall surface area and helps ensure that components don’t contain unnecessary baggage. Massive inheritance trees result in bloat, and many times, in methods being inherited that don’t make sense. With each level of inheritance, the complexity multiplies, and it becomes harder and harder to use the component. JButton for example, has hundreds of methods. The idea is to minimize the API and thus make using the component more obvious and simple.