Dock in middle of screen!

Irene · 11-05-2005, 02:48 PM

My husband's Dock, which he keeps on the bottom of the screen, occasionally jumps to the middle of the screen and becomes very large while he's doing normal activities. The most recent incident (the one he showed me) happened when he clicked to close a pop-under ad in Safari. I can't take a screen shot because the next click makes it revert to the norrmal size and position! (He has a Cube with Tiger.)

graham1352 · 11-05-2005, 03:27 PM

Is he possibly holding down the Command and Tab keys? Bringing up the
Application Switcher Icons

CAlvarez · 11-05-2005, 04:07 PM

You could take a photo with a digital camera.

Irene · 11-05-2005, 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by graham1352


	Is he possibly holding down the Command and Tab keys? Bringing up the Application Switcher Icons

He says not. It happened again as he was reading e-mail, using only the track ball and scrolling down the message.

giskard22 · 11-05-2005, 05:55 PM

I think the screen shot shortcuts work even if the mouse button is being held. Try shift-command-3. It'll save "Picture 1" to your desktop.

Irene · 11-05-2005, 11:46 PM

If he were to hit command or shift or three the Dock reverts to normal. It's not important to show you a picture-- it looks just like the large central Dock you get if you press command tab--except that there is no tabbing or rotating between the icons when it happens.

trevor · 11-06-2005, 09:50 AM

Except that it IS important to show us the picture. Unfortunately, some terms being used are already ambiguous (your use of "Dock" for example), so a picture is worth a thousand words.

If you have a digital camera, that would easily show us what you are referring to.

Trevor

11-22-2010, 09:45 AM

My doc jumps to the middle of my screen and the mouse then the track pad doesn't work

11-05-2005, 02:48 PM	#1
Irene MVP Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Tucson, Arizona Posts: 1,127	Dock in middle of screen! My husband's Dock, which he keeps on the bottom of the screen, occasionally jumps to the middle of the screen and becomes very large while he's doing normal activities. The most recent incident (the one he showed me) happened when he clicked to close a pop-under ad in Safari. I can't take a screen shot because the next click makes it revert to the norrmal size and position! (He has a Cube with Tiger.)

11-05-2005, 04:07 PM	#3
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11-06-2005, 09:50 AM	#7
trevor Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Boulder, CO USA Posts: 19,560	Except that it IS important to show us the picture. Unfortunately, some terms being used are already ambiguous (your use of "Dock" for example), so a picture is worth a thousand words. If you have a digital camera, that would easily show us what you are referring to. Trevor __________________ How to ask questions the smart way

11-22-2010, 09:45 AM	#8
dkatz Guest Posts: n/a	Mine is doing the same thing My doc jumps to the middle of my screen and the mouse then the track pad doesn't work

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11-05-2005, 03:27 PM	#2
graham1352 Prospect Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 2	Is he possibly holding down the Command and Tab keys? Bringing up the Application Switcher Icons

11-05-2005, 05:55 PM	#5
giskard22 Moderator Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,272	I think the screen shot shortcuts work even if the mouse button is being held. Try shift-command-3. It'll save "Picture 1" to your desktop.

11-05-2005, 11:46 PM	#6
Irene MVP Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Tucson, Arizona Posts: 1,127	If he were to hit command or shift or three the Dock reverts to normal. It's not important to show you a picture-- it looks just like the large central Dock you get if you press command tab--except that there is no tabbing or rotating between the icons when it happens.