Just like applications, folders can also be added to the Dock. Folders, however, can only be added to the right side of the Dock. In the following steps, you'll add your Pictures folder to the Dock for easy access of that folder.
1. The Finder window from the previous exercise should still be open on your screen; if not, then open a new Finder window.
2. Select your Home folder in the sidebar of the Finder window to display its contents.
3. Drag the Pictures folder from the Finder window to the right side of the Dock. The other icons move out of the way, creating space for you to place the Pictures folder.
4. Close the Finder window.
5. Double-click the hard drive icon on your Desktop to open a new Finder window.
6. Drag the Applications folder to the Dock, and then close any open Finder windows.
Stacks
When you drag a folder to the Dock, it becomes a stack. A stack serves the same purpose as a folder but behaves differently.
1. Click the Pictures folder in the Dock, which is now a stack. The stack springs from the Dock in a fan to display the contents of the stack. When you click on a stack, it springs from the Dock in a fan to display its contents.
2. Click the Nature folder within the fan. A new Finder window of the Nature folder displays.
3. Close the Finder window.
4. Click the Applications folder in the Dock. This is a stack just like the Pictures stack; however, it displays the contents in a grid. Stacks display their contents in a fan or a grid, based on the number of items in the stack.
Snow Leopard operating system includes two premade stacks for your Documents and for Downloads, both of which are folders that reside in the Home folder. Stacks can be customized to change how they appear and how they display their contents.
5. Position your cursor over the Applications stack icon, right-click or Ctrl+click to display a menu. This menu allows you to customize the behavior of the stack.
Sort by allows you to specify how the contents of the stack are sorted when viewed.
Display as determines how the stack icon is displayed in the Dock as a folder or as a stack. When displayed as a stack, the icon appears as the fi rst item in the contents of the stack, based on the current sort order.
View content as determines whether the contents of the stack are displayed as a Fan, Grid, List, or Automatic. Automatic picks the best option, depending on how many items are inside the stack.
Remove from Dock removes the stack from the Dock.
Show in Finder displays the actual folder in a Finder window. Remember, the stack is just an alias, or shortcut, to the actual folder.
Open opens the stack in a Finder window.
6. Choose Folder under the Display as section of the stack menu. This changes the icon of the stack to look like a folder. The stack icon displayed as a stack (left) and as an icon (right).
7. Display the stack menu again, and choose Fan from the View content as section of the menu.
8. Click the Applications stack icon to display the contents. Now the contents of the Applications folder are displayed as a fan.
9. Display the stack menu again, and choose List from the View content as section of the menu.
10. Click the Applications stack icon to display the contents. Now the contents of the Applications folder are displayed as a list.
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