OSX Dock pops up in Win7 guests, driving me mad

[russ]

I'm using VirtualBox Version 5.0.32 r112930 on an iMac running OSX Yosemite 10.10.5. I've been using VirtualBox with Windows 7 guests for years and yes from time to time the dock would pop up but it was totally manageable, almost delayed and you had to go to the very bottom of the screen to have it appear. At least that's what I remember. Lately it seems like the OSX dock pops up all the time when trying to access the W7 taskbar. The dock has gotten so aggressive it's almost impossible to access the taskbar without accidentally activating a Mac app. I can't recall it ever being this bad. Anyone else have this experience and is there a fix? Thanks.

[socratis]

This is not a VirtualBox problem, as OSX takes over when the mouse reaches the bottom. Here's a useful discussion on how to modify the Dock to fit your needs: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5689074?tstart=0

[russ]

Thank you very much. Your link led me to the following solution which makes the dock stay hidden until the tip of the cursor hits the very bottom. Joy!

Open a terminal window and type the following commands:

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$ defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float 1
$ killall Dock

[socratis]

Just a small correction. You didn't modify the location (as in "the tip hits the bottom"), you modified the delay until the Dock appears.

I found the solution simply by searching for "osx dock delay show". Easy...

[russ]

Based on observable facts I have to disagree. I can hover the cursor in the area which previously caused the dock to appear (e.g., near the top of the W7 taskbar) for an indefinite time (I stopped waiting at two minutes), and the dock will stay hidden. If I then I move it so the tip hits the bottom, the dock appears.

[socratis]

Hmm... Interesting. I was going for the key itself: "autohide-time-modifier".
But, hey, if it works, that's fine by me...