Question - Hide/minimize a window when clicked on in the dock

[Aljumaily]

I realized that this app is built very well and has a lot of functionalities! I am interested in one and only one functionality. It is to minimize the current focused window when clicked on in the dock. So, instead of manually hitting CMD + H, a click on the icon in the dock would do that. I kindly ask how can I achieve this.

[steventheworker]

This is a feature, but you need to give it "Input Monitoring" and "Accessibility" permissions (in Security & Privacy) for it to work

[Aljumaily]

Thank you for the quick response. I did check and both permissions are granted. I want to disable all other funcitonalites except the hide/minimize one. Here is an image of my settings:

[steventheworker]

I will add an "Enable Previews" checkbox next to the "Preview delay" slider. Also just letting you know, the setting unchecked in that screenshot is the setting you're referring to.

[Aljumaily]

Thank you for the update! I was honestly just playing with the options to test the app. When would I expect to have the ability to access the updated version!?

[steventheworker]

I've patched the latest version, you can just re-download v2.92 and it works.

[Aljumaily]

Thank you for the quick response. I have tried it multiple times and my goal hasn't been achieved. Suppose a single Safari window is open (not in fullscreen) and is minimized. Assume the desktop is showing. I want to click on Safari from the dock a single click to show it. After a second, I want to click on Safari's dock icon again and expect it to minimize the window. How could that be achieved?

[steventheworker]

I do plan on single click activation for minimized windows though! As that is fairly straightforward.

As for minimizing + unminimizing all windows: The biggest concern is that unminimizing a window puts it in the active space. If you click the dock icon to minimize all windows, switch spaces, and click the dock icon again, unminimizing puts all those windows in the current (wrong) space.

Working around that requires tracking what space windows are on + moving windows to the associated space, but I haven't figured either out yet, as spaces have a poor API / docs.

Also, should this feature minimize all windows in the current space (easier) or all spaces?

[Aljumaily]

Since it is quite involved, why not start with the simple approach and then worry about the rest in future. For me, showing/hiding the previously opened window is the priority. For example, suppose I have window A and B (both of the same app) and A is visible whereas B is hidden. Then clicking on the dock icon should hide A. Clicking on the dock window again should show A (and then hide A and show it, etc.). To perform the same action on B, I have to click and hold on the dock button to show the context menu (done by macOS by default) and click on B. Now, B is the focus. Clicking on the dock icon will show/hide B. I hope this makes sense.

[steventheworker]

just an update: single click activation for minimized windows will be possible in v3.00.1 (for "click" mode), as well as for hover mode (within the next two updates).

as for the other request: defaulting to minimizing (instead of hiding) everything on click ...it's totally possible to do this now, and I will look into this eventually.

[dgbeecher]

Hello. Thank you for this app! I see this sentence above, written about a year ago:

I will add an "Enable Previews" checkbox next to the "Preview delay" slider.

Is this still planned? I don't see it in the latest release (v3.00.4).