[X4U] Lion: dashboard widget to desktop?

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On Aug 27, 2011, at 4:15 PM, cat soul wrote:

> I can't get this to work in Lion, where you "enter dashboard space," then click and drag a widget, then press the command to invoke Dashboard. This "releases" the widget from Dashboard space, so that you can have it available just like any other program running.
> 
> IIRC, it requires having Developer Tools installed. In Lion, I don't recall there being an option to include that.
> 
> At any rate, anyone know how to make this work in Lion? Do I need to install Snow Leopard's Developer tools?

I don't know if it will work, but you can install Xcode (dev tools) via the App Store. It's free.

S