[tor-bugs] #2383 [Vidalia]: Hide the Vidalia Application from the Dock in Mac OS X

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#2383: Hide the Vidalia Application from the Dock in Mac OS X
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 Reporter:  Landry314     |       Owner:  chiiph        
     Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:                
Component:  Vidalia       |     Version:  Vidalia 0.2.10
 Keywords:  Hide in Dock  |      Parent:                
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 The Vidalia application for Mac OS X wastes space on the dock because the
 menu item has all the functions a user would need including opening the
 control panel which can quit Vidalia. The dock item is almost completely
 useless and it takes up real estate.

 So what I did is edited the info.plist in the package contents to add this
 line:

 <key>LSUIElement</key>
     <string>1</string>

 and POOF the dock icon is gone, no longer an eyesore and a waste of space.

 I suggest you add an option in the program that will enable users to
 toggle hiding it in the dock. I know this is possible because I have seen
 this option in other programs.

 I have also set Vidalia as a login item so now it runs silently and mostly
 invisibly except for the menu item. This is nice and exactly what I want.
 You could ALSO add an option to set Vidalia as a login item so users won't
 have to do this manually in the "Accounts" system preference or by right-
 clicking on the dock icon and then going to "Options > Open at Login".
 Some users don't know they can even do this.

 Both these added features would make Vidalia smoother to use and they are
 super easy to program; I bet there are templates easily available you can
 copy and paste with dialog items, code, and library calls all ready to go!

 Im sorry I put two feature requests in one ticket... Should I open another
 for the login item option?

 Thank you and good luck!

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