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sless000
6 years ago
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The Apple Dock pops up when I hover my mouse to the bottom of the screen

Product: The Sims 4 Platform:Mac Which language are you playing the game in? English How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%) What is your current game version number? Mac What expansions...
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  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
    6 years ago
    @sless000

    This is normal behaviour and not a bug. If you play in full screen mode the Dock will not pop up when you move your cursor to the bottom of the screen.
Calion42's avatar
Calion42
5 years ago
@Bluebellflora It’s definitely in full screen mode—in its own Space—and definitely popping up the Dock whenever I mouse over to the right of my screen in Catalina.
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Bluebellflora
Hero+
5 years ago
@Calion42

Hmm. I did manage to get my Dock to appear twice during testing in Mojave and Catalina but it seems very intermittent whereas moving the cursor to the top of the screen always brings up the top menu bar.

I tend to play in windowed mode as I like being able to drag the game window to whatever size I prefer. That is an option available then you can move the window slightly over to the left so you don't go near the Dock.
  • Calion42's avatar
    Calion42
    5 years ago
    @Bluebellflora That’s an interesting idea.

    However I was less than perfectly clear earlier; it only pops up every time in CAS or on the main screen; only sometimes in the game itself.

    And my menu bar never pops up no matter what. Odd.
  • groenroos's avatar
    groenroos
    5 years ago
    @Bluebellflora wrote:
    @Calion42

    Hmm. I did manage to get my Dock to appear twice during testing in Mojave and Catalina but it seems very intermittent whereas moving the cursor to the top of the screen always brings up the top menu bar.

    I tend to play in windowed mode as I like being able to drag the game window to whatever size I prefer. That is an option available then you can move the window slightly over to the left so you don't go near the Dock.

    Yep, definitely using the proper fullscreen mode where the game slides onto its own desktop space.

    My experience is consistent with yours - the Dock appearing is intermittent and certainly doesn't happen every time. I do think I've gotten the top bar to appear a few times as well. It's not exactly a game breaking bug for me at least, but would be good to get fixed if possible.

    I prefer to get fully immersed in the game, so windowed mode is a no-go for me.

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