Application dock

The dock is the column of icons located by default on the right side of the screen.
Frequently used applications can be stored in the dock.
It is fully customizable.
It has it's own menu allowing the user to configure it.
The dock can be make uncoverable by maximized windows.
The top icon, with GNUstep logo, can be dragged sidewards to switch the side of the dock.
Dragging this icon downward removes most of the dock.

Starting an application

Double-clicking in the icon of a docked application starts this application.
When the application is running, the three dots disappear from the bottom left corner of the icon.
Double-clicking in the icon of a docked application while holding the Ctrl key, starts a new instance of the application.
As soon as the "emulate appicon" option is selected for this application (when available), the new instance of the application gets a new appicon.
For most applications this is the default behaviour.
Using the "launch" command in the dock menu for the icon is another way to start an application from the dock.

From version 0.80.0, the dock can "steal" appicons. This feature has nothing to do with Autoattract Icons. When you start an application from somewhere else than either the clip or the dock (menu or terminal), and the appicon exists in one of them (clip or dock), this appicon doesn't appear at the bottom of your screen. The appicon existing in the clip or the dock "stole" it. As a result, the appicon is the same as the one used to start the application from the clip or the dock.

Customizing

Selecting an application icon and dragging it into the dock adds this application to the dock.
Obviously, this means the application is running!
The miniwindows CANNOT be docked. The small titlebar on the miniwindow allows to differentiate it from the appicon.
Dragging an icon from the dock removes the docked application.
Dragging an icon to an empty slot allows to reorder the docked applications, moving them around.

Configuring

There is a dock menu for each icon. Clicking in the icon with the right mouse button displays this menu.
Settings option allows to define a new configuration for the docked application.
This option opens the docked application settings panel.

The application path and its arguments, the command and the icon can be changed in this panel.
Shell commands such as redirection cannot be used in the command field.
Obviously, the desired icon must be in one of the directories displayed in the panel while browsing. New directories can be added from the Search path Preferences
A checkbox allows to start the application when Window Maker is started.
From version 0.62.0, a new checkbox allows to prevent from deleting the icon from the dock.

From version 0.70.0, a new field has been added for middle-click launch. Writing, for example, "netscape %s" into the Netscape docked application settings panel, allows to middle-click launch Netscape. When using a two buttons mouse, pressing both buttons at once does the same.
Accordingly, copying an URL from a text, for instance, and middle-clicking in Netscape dock icon, runs Netscape and opens the pasted URL.

The application represented in the icon MUST NOT be changed. This would change the application name, thus preventing it from normal use.