Is it possible to keep Dashboard open?

No, but the Dashboard is accessible while working in any application.

Hi. Welcome to the Apple Discussions.

The DevMode Widget will enable you to do this. Just turn on Developer Mode from the Widget.

To bring it out of the Dashboard, follow these instructions (the widgets will stay in front of ALL other windows):
1. Make sure the DevMode widget show the green 'On' icon
2. Press the Dashboard activation key (F12 by default)
3. Click and hold the primary mouse button on any widget you have open in the dashboard layer
4. Press the Dashboard activation key again while still holding that mouse button
5. Now you may release the mouse button and the widget will stay on the desktop

If you don't want to use the DevMode Widget, you can also enable developer mode from the Terminal using this command: *defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES*

Hi Arlene,

What would be the purpose of it to keep the Dash Board open??

When you are working in a Application it would be only in your way of view.

Dimaxum

macwiz,

checked out that widget and fell in love. I don't really need to keep a widget visible at all times but it is nice to be able to do what I want when I want 😀

No problem. I used to use it when I had a nice big monitor, but not that i have a laptop, the resolution isn't big enough to give me the screen space for the widgets to stay out of the say.

Enjoy!

Hey macwiz1220,
I followed your steps to keep my weather widget visible on desktop and it worked. Now I want to remove it.. I typed in the same command that I used to activate but changed the YES to a NO. It did not work. What else can I do to get the widget of my desktop.