Dashboard widgets on Thunderbolt?

Is there a way to display Dashboard widgets on Thunderbolt Desktop?

I did find a solution to permanently move Dashboard widgets to Desktop, but this means that when I use my MacBookPro in stand-alone mode, the widgets take up too much space and I have to move them back to the Dashboard.

Ideally, I would like a solution to have widgets on Desktop when using Thunderbolt, but revert to default when in Macbook Pro standalone mode.

Is this possible? Is there a way to (say) divide the Thunderbolt screen?