Dark Mode dock – Is there still a black outline?

[Hog Milanese]

I don't know if you've ever noticed, but the dark mode dock in Yosemite has a 1 or 2 px thick border around the edge. On lighter wallpaper backgrounds, it looks odd.

Is that still in place in El Capitan?

 

[w0lf]

Yup.

 

[Traverse]

I don't like the Dark Mode Dock that much, but I use it for the sake of the dark menu bar. It's more gray than black and, like you pointed out, has that outline.

 

[r3volution11]

I don't see any border normally. Sometimes there is one but it goes away if I move a window behind it.

 

[Naio]

If you feel comfortable, you could modify it to get rid of the black outline:

The files should be in: System/Library/CoreServices/Dock/Contents/Resources

I haven't tried myself it, but I think it's the following two files in the location above:

dockbackgrounddark.png
dockbackgrounddark@2x.png

 

[r3volution11]

Oh I am seeing the border now. It's very faint though and I had to take a snapshot on my retina screen and then look on my iMac: http://dch.link/bo1T

 

[PowerBook-G5]

Not to hijack this thread, but did they make the volume, display brightness, and keyboard backlighting HUDs dark for dark mode in this release, or have they been like this?

Image: http://i.imgur.com/8Hsieya.png

 

[leman]

Not to hijack this thread, but did they make the volume, display brightness, and keyboard backlighting HUDs dark for dark mode in this release, or have they been like this?

Image: http://i.imgur.com/8Hsieya.png

Yep, this is unchanged. But thats the problem? It is dark. How would you have wanted it instead?

 

[JesperA]

I am borrowing this thread a little. Is it possible to turn on the dark mode for the dock only? Without also turning the top menu dark too?

 

[w0lf]

I am borrowing this thread a little. Is it possible to turn on the dark mode for the dock only? Without also turning the top menu dark too?

https://github.com/b3ll/DarkDock

Except you need to use the original SIMBL and not EasySIMBL.

 

[Jess13]

https://github.com/b3ll/DarkDock

Except you need to use the original SIMBL and not EasySIMBL.

How about dark menu bar with light dock?

 

[w0lf]

How about dark menu bar with light dock?

If you edit the code yes.

 

[Jess13]

If you edit the code yes.

Would you please tell me how? Thank You.

 

[KALLT]

Not to hijack this thread, but did they make the volume, display brightness, and keyboard backlighting HUDs dark for dark mode in this release, or have they been like this?

Image: http://i.imgur.com/8Hsieya.png

It definitely looks different. In Yosemite they just use white or black for the symbols and text that lie on top of translucent components, but your picture shows that they replaced that colour with a vibrancy effect. You can see it all over iOS 8 as well, such as Control Centre and of course in the new Music app too. It looks nicer, in my opinion.

 

[w0lf]

Would you please tell me how? Thank You.

Here you go, compiled and ready to be dropped in plugins folder.

 

[Jess13]

Here you go, compiled and ready to be dropped in plugins folder.

Thank You. But one question: What plugins folder? I only found one, in Library>Plug-ins. It only has FCPX FxFactory file inside, nothing about dock. I am unsure what folder you were referring?

 

[w0lf]

Except you need to use the original SIMBL and not EasySIMBL.

Thank You. But one question: What plugins folder? I only found one, in Library>Plug-ins. It only has FCPX FxFactory file inside, nothing about dock. I am unsure what folder you were referring?

http://www.culater.net/software/SIMBL/SIMBL.php

 

[xmichaelp]

I hate the border.

 

[Jess13]

http://www.culater.net/software/SIMBL/SIMBL.php

SIMBL installed. Light Dock plug-in placed into proper folder. How do I make it work?

 

[w0lf]

SIMBL installed. Light Dock plug-in placed into proper folder. How do I make it work?

View attachment 565954

Might need to open script editor and run

try
    tell application "Dock"
        inject SIMBL into Snow Leopard
    end tell
end try