Many of us have turned on Dock hiding to maximize usable screen area. One small problem with a hidden Dock, however, is that when you want to drag a file onto an application or folder icon on the Dock, you don't always know exactly where to aim, since you can't see the Dock until the mouse is on top of it. As a result, you will usually drag the file to the wrong location on the Dock at first, and you will need to hunt for the correct target, all the while keeping the mouse button down. Sometimes you will even drop the file onto the wrong icon while 'scrubbing' the Dock for the right one.
My solution to this problem is to reveal the Dock with a keystroke after initiating the drag, but before the mouse reaches the Dock area. By doing that, I can visually locate the target icon first, and then drag the file straight to the target. No more scrubbing.
To facilitate doing that, I have assigned an easy-to-use keyboard shortcut to the action labeled 'Move focus to the Doc ...
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