Two issues w/ multiple docks

[Super_Saxy]

I've searched around a bit but can't really find the answer to my questions (or maybe I'm just not understanding it).

I'm working on a theme that has multiple docks (one on the left, top, & right). I have the coding for hiding/unhiding those three docks done correctly and they work. The only problem is that when I, for example, press the space bar to "show" the top dock, even if the top dock is already "shown", it still replays the transition animation of the dock flying in. Is there something to add to the code so that if the dock is "shown" already it won't replay the animation again?

My second question deals with scrolling through the three docks. Is there a way to code it so that items on a dock that is "hidden" won't scroll? For example, if only the left dock is shown, the trackpad will only scroll through those items, rather then still scrolling through all the items of the hidden docks too?

Thanks in advanced for the help!

[eiger06]

I'm fairly new at this, but I have asked similar questions in the past. From what I've heard:

1) There's no way to stop this from happening if it is activated by a keyboard shortcut (you can program ways around this if you use a button to activate the hide/unhide in composer)

2) You can define the scrolling pattern via Theme builder so you can minimize the interactions between the docks (i.e. scrolling up on the left dock takes you to the top hidden dock), but I don't think there is a way to eliminate the ability to scroll between the icons all together.

[grimmstaBB]

There is a way to prevent scrolling to hidden items. in composer, for the buttons that control the docks to be hidden, also set them to hide the icons, buttons, apps etc. that slide off the screen +1 second (so they slide off then vanish). This way there is nothing to scroll to. Set up the navigational paths the same way you would normally, the BB will take care of the rest.

Hope I described that clearly....