Dashboard Widgets on the Desktop

OK, in Tiger I used this Terminal code:
defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES
then, in Dashboard, I clicked and held a Widget, pressed F12, and Lo! The widget did be upon thy desktop.
Not in Leopard.
Any ideas?

With Dashcode made available, widget development is already 'on the desktop' (i.e. readily available). If you simply want the widget to be on your desktop then I don't know what else you can do.
Perry

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http://www.macworld.com/article/53282/2006/10/amnestysingles.html
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http://mac.elated.com/2008/07/27/how-to-get-dashboard-widgets-on-your-desktop/
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I can't get any widgets onto the Desktop in Lion (10.7.2) even with devmode on. Any ideas anyone?

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The problem is, that My sister baught a new iMac 27" with Lion preinstalled and we then updated it to 10.7.2.
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Does anyone any ideas.
The third party software is not what we are looking dfor..
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On this machine the widget instructions work fine!
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Disclaimer: I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link [my company developed Amnesty].

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sudo defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES
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clicked on a widget clicked on F12 and the sound icon appears on the screen and it alarms and it wont move the widget to the desktop
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ok, my apologies......one I completely forgot about this, as it took so long to be answered.......2, I got no notification via e-mail that a response had been posted......3, I 'found an app for that' which was another reason I forgot about this thread......1st two reasons not exactly my fault for not responding.....this whole thread hasnt exactly helped....
But I can help now, as I said there 'is an app for that' and its found here.....and by the way, he has updated it and has made it free and open source, and it works a dream......
http://www.mesadynamics.com/
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p.s. please dont be so arsey, especially when a thread like this is not really much help at all, it really doesnt help

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