Highlight Items in Stack Folder on the Dock in OS X

Highlight Items in Stack Folder on the Dock in OS X. Get a Better Feedback in Stack Folders by Highlighting Items that is Pointed At Using OS X.

TRANSCRIPT: In this episode, Highlight Items in Dock Stack Folder in OS X.

Straight to the demo.

Soooooo, Let’s Get Started.

As shown, when pointing to an item in a Folder or Stack, on the Dock, using a mouse or Trackpad, there’s no clear indication as to what you are pointing at.

For a better feedback, to highlight the item that you are pointing at, as shown here, is a relatively easy process.

Open Terminal and enter the following two one line commands shown:



defaults write com.apple.dock mouse-over-halite-stack -bool Yes

Followed by the following command to relaunch the Dock:

killall Dock

I’ll just switch to Dark Mode, where the highlighted items are more noticeable.

To revert back, simply enter the same commands typed earlier, replacing Yes with No.

defaults write com.apple.dock mouse-over-halite-stack -bool No

Followed by the same command to relaunch the Dock:

killall Dock

And that’s all there is to it.

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