Enhanced Dock for macOS

[yw4z]

Main Features 🥁

● Easy to access for most used features of apps with simple gesture
● Play, pause or skip media from dock
● Easily manage windows
● Quit apps with gestures

How to Use & General Tips 📖

● Please read all features and important notes before use

● Move your cursor to preferred dock icon then use related gestures to use preset actions

● macOS Settings > Trackpad > More Gestures > Use 4 finger swipe for Mission Control and App Expose.

● I fixed most of issues with gesture detection on preset side. But 3 finger tap and 4 finger taps hard to detect on BTT side. You can tweak BTT settings > Trackpad > Tip Taps > Distance related values for better detection. Here is my settings
    • Minimum Distance for 2 finger TipTaps > 0.03
    • Minimum Distance for 3 finger TipTaps > 0.03
    • Maximum Allowed Distance for TipTaps > 0.08 (this one also reduces palm detection related errors)
    Try different settings to find perfect one for you because not every hand and trackpad is same size

● I added HUD system and pop sound to ensure correct actions triggered. i will add a setting to disable them on next release but i recommend to use preset with them

● Check "Tips for Dock" section below for better experience on dock

Actions 💎

• Dock Seperator - Toggles autohide setting for Dock
• Launchpad - Opens Applications folder
• Mission Control - Creates new space
• Trash Bin- Empty Trash

Native Apps
• App Store - Check for App updates
• Apple TV - Play / Pause
• Calculator - Copy Result
• Calendar - New Event
• Clock - Configurable > BTT > Automations, Named & Other Triggers > Enhanced Dock > Clock. Change value of C then press compile and save
      * New Alarm
      * Start / Lap Stopwatch
      * Start / Reset Stopwatch
      * Start / Pause Timer
      * Start / Reset Timer
• Contacts - New Contact
• Finder - Opens new finder Tab / Window (Follows macOS setting)
• Freeform - New Document
• Music - Play / Pause
• Messages - New Conversation
• Mail - New Mail
• Maps - New Tab
• Notes - New Note
• Safari - New Window
• Safari Technology Preview - New Window
• Stickies - New Note
• Preview - Open Document
• Pages , Numbers , Keynote - New Document
• Photo Booth - Take a photo or Start Recording
• Podcasts - Play / Pause
• Reminder - New Reminder on selected group
• Script Editor - New Script
• Shortcuts - New Shortcut
• Terminal - New Tab / Window
• TextEdit- New Text
• Voice Memos- New Recording

3rd Party Apps
• Spotify - Play / Pause
• IINA - Play / Pause
• Chromium Browsers - New Window (Chrome, Edge, Vivaldi, Brave, Opera)
• Word , Excel , Powerpoint - New Document
• Adobe Apps - New Document
• VScode / VScodium - New Document

• Finder - Close All Finder Windows
• BetterTouchTool - Closes window
• Trash Bin - Empty Trash
• Other Apps - Quits App Under Cursor

Application Expose for App Under Cursor
● Automatically unminimizes window of app if app only has one
● Exits expose if there is only one window

● Minimizes All Windows of App Under Cursor over Dock

● Unminimizes All Windows of App Under Cursor over Dock

Shows App Under Cursor over Dock and Hides Other Apps
● Shows desktop if you trigger with an app that not running, separator, spaces or trash icon on dock

• Music - Next Track
• IINA - Next Media
• Spotify - Next Track
• Apple TV - Next Chapter / Eposide
• Podcasts - Skips 30 second or Next (if there is one on queue)
• Mission Control - Next Space
• Other Apps - Resizes window to right half of screen

• Music - Previous Track
• IINA - Previous Media
• Spotify - Previous Track
• Apple TV - Previous Chapter / Eposide
• Podcasts - Rewind 15 second or Previous (if there is one on queue)
• Mission Control - Previous Space
• Other Apps - Resizes window to left half of screen

Tips for Dock ✨

• Adding spacer/separators to dock best way to keep things organized
add this lines to terminal app then hit enter;

Wide Spacer
defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{"tile-type"="spacer-tile";}'; killall Dock

Small Spacer
defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{"tile-type"="small-spacer-tile";}' && killall Dock

Here is my organized dock

• You can Resize dock from separator (next to left side of trash), click, hold and move cursor to up or down

• Change most used settings of dock with right clicking on separator next to left side of trash

Native Dock Gestures / Shortcuts
• CMD click on dock icon reveals app file in finder
• ALT click on dock icon hides other windows but not works great
• 2 Finger Double Tap on Dock icon opens expose for that app. But Enhanced Dock has few more features compared to this

Future Plans 🗓

Support for more apps & gestures
[⭑⭑⭑] Settings for HUD, Pop Sound, etc...
[⭑⭑⭒] Different actions for Launch Pad
[⭑⭑⭒] Different actions for Alt + Tab / App Switcher

★ Got an idea for general purpose cases, please drop a comment

Known Issues 🔍

• Triggering App Expose, Minimize All and Unminimize actions takes time if app has a minimized windows with 15+ tabs
• You cant trigger any action while HUD is visible

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Download ⏬

★ Uninstall previous versions of Enhanced Dock & Update BetterTouchTool to Latest before installation

You can download Enhanced Dock from gumroad page as free but any amount of support appreciated

💎 Enhanced Dock for macOS [BetterTouchTool Preset][v0.4.1]

Change Logs

2024/02/16 Version 0.4.1

Fixes

• Primary action shows an additional HUD
• Webview HUD not working
• HUD notifications for Calculator not working

2024/02/14 Version 0.4

All scripts optimized, simplified and added many minor improvements

Preset works more "snappy" in this release

Clock and Podcasts support tested on Ventura. please let me know if there is a problem with sonoma

Clock App Support

• It can work with 5 different ways in Primary Action
  • New Alarm
  • Start / Lap Stopwatch
  • Start / Reset Stopwatch
  • Start / Pause Timer
  • Start / Reset Timer
• Change Setting from BTT > Automations, Named & Other Triggers > Enhanced Dock > Clock. Change value of C then press compile and save

Podcasts App Support

• Primary Action > Play / Pause
• Next Action > Skips 30 second or Next (if there is one on queue)
• Previous Action > Rewind 15 second or Previous (if there is one on queue)

IINA Media Player Support

• Primary Action > Play / Pause
• Next Action > Next Media
• Previous Action > Previous Media

Changes

• App Expose action unminimizes window automatically if there is only one minimized. Now its unminimizes without showing application expose

Improvement

• Minimize App action works faster now for running apps
• Improved support for Firefox on primary action
• Application Expose, Minimize and Unminimize actions works faster for minimized windows while dock setting "Minimize windows into application icon" is disabled

Fixes

• Secondary action cant close minimized window while dock setting "Minimize windows into application icon" is disabled
• Secondary action cant close Finder windows that has multiple tabs
• Secondary action cant close BTT window if its minimized or app has multiple windows or has modal popup in window
• Next / Previous actions not working for Apple TV app while dock setting "Minimize windows into application icon" is disabled
• Unminimize action changes selected tab on minimized windows
• Unminimize action not waiting end of window animation before opening application expose

2023/12/24 Version 0.3

New Features

• Primary Action on Chromium based browsers (Chrome, Edge, Vivaldi, Brave, Opera) opens new window
• Primary Action on Safari Technology Preview opens new window
• Primary Action on Calculator copies result
• Primary Action on Calendar starts app with quick event box selected
• Primary Action on Reminders starts app with text area selected for current list
• Primary Action on Shortcuts creates new shortcut
• Primary Action on App Store starts app with updates tab with checking updates
• Primary Action on Voice Memos starts new voice recording
• Primary Action on Visual Studio Code / VS Codium opens new document
• Primary Action on Photo Booth takes photo or starts recording
• Primary Action on Dock Separator toggles dock auto hide preference
• Primary Action on Freeform opens new board
• Primary Action on Launchpad Dock Icon opens Applications folder
• Secondary Action on Dock Separator toggles dock magnification
• Mission Control Dock Icon > Primary Action creates new space
• Mission Control Dock Icon > Next Action switches to right space
• Mission Control Dock Icon > Previous Action switches to left space
• Added support for Apple TV. Primary action > Play/Pause. Next Action > Next. Previous Action > Previous
• Added a visual feedback let user to identify which gesture triggered by BTT or not. Also you will see a HUD for every action and each oction has a different icon so you know which gesture is triggered by BTT
• Hide other action shows desktop if you trigger with an app that not running, separator, spaces or trash icon on dock

Changes

• All gestures changed for better detection. Let me know if you have any issues
• Switched Primary and Secondary actions for better experience. but i keep Dock Separator > "Auto Hide Toggle for Dock" on primary action
• Primary action opens new Safari window instead of new tab
• Removed Hide all action gesture / shortcut because not properly working

Improvement

• Secondary Action closes BetterTouchTool window instead of quitting
• Added support for minimized apps on dock if "Minimize windows into application icon" not enabled on dock preferences
• Secondary action activates app instead of quitting app with save or other types dialogs blocking app to quit
• Updated all trigger names and added icon for better visibility on BTT trigger list
• Added all actions to folders on BTT actions list for organized look
• Added a visual feedback for Minimize App action. Application expose will shown for a short time with "no available windows" if all windows of app already minimized
• Minimize App action uses native mac shortcut on supported apps for fastest result
• Minimize App action hides windows that not supporting minimizing
• Better handling of minimized windows for next, previous, App Expose actions
• Added a HUD notification for primary action on empty trash bin that notifies trash already empty
• Added an audio feedback for primary and secondary action
• Used 2 types of sounds for HUD notifications. Positive sound for enabled or successful tasks, negative sound for disabled or unsuccessful
• Maps automatically focuses to search bar after opening new tab / window
• Much faster response times for empty trash bin
• Empty trash works on both primary and secondary to reduce confusions

Fixes

• Enhanced Dock hides windows on MinimizeApp action if Minimize windows into application icon setting not selected
• Some apps with different name on dock and process causing BTT asking for app location
• Primary action shows and closing app expose on multiple windows instead of keeping app expose view
• Minimized apps not resizing left/right half of screen
• Unminimizing causing switching between tabs
• Primary action opens 2 new documents instead of 1 if no documents was open at launch in TextEdit and Script Editor

Known Issues

• If you use any gestures of SWM on other actions on menu bar they will conflict and one of them not working
• Triggering App Expose, Minimize All and Unminimize actions takes time if app has a minimized windows with 15+ tabs
• I have to change 3 finger tap gestures because BTT cant constantly detect not sure maybe its os related limitation. changed all but im happy wit result
• You cant trigger any action while HUD is visible

2021/05/10 Version 0.2

• new - 3 finger swipe down / scroll down + ctrl on anywhere on dock hides all windows
• new - 3 finger tap + fn / middle click + fn on dock icon hides other apps
• new - next action resizes front window to right half of screen for apps ( excluding spotify and music )
• new - previous action resizes front window to left half of screen for apps ( excluding spotify and music )
• new - added support for Terminal to open new tab/window with 4 finder tap
• new - added support for Script Editor to create new script with 4 finder tap
• improvement - open new finder window now works faster without using gui scripting
• improvement - 2 finger swipe up now raises window instead of app expose if app only has 1 minimized window
• improvement - 2 finger swipe up / 3 finger swipe up gestures showing app expose then closes app expose to notify user to app only has 1 active window or all windows already raised
• improvement - 3 finger swipe up gesture handles apps better multiple windows with tabs
• improvement - Swipe up actions (primary & secondary) on app icon opens new window with app expose animation if app has no window but its running
• improvement - Increased speed of finding active application
• fixed - 4 finger tap actions not working , most of them working properly now
• fixed - 4 finger tap on music isnt starting playback while music isnt running
• fixed - 3 finger swipe up raising windows with wrong tabs
• fixed - Gestures on spacers or separators launches actions with previous selected apps

EnhancedDock-v-0-2.bttpreset (35.6 KB)

2021/04/17 Version 0.1

First release of Enhanced Dock

EnhancedDock-v-0-1.bttpreset (27.7 KB)

Don't Forget to Check This Presets

Simple Window Manager - SWM

Daily Tools - Additional Features for Control Center

[Duval_Barrett]

this is really nice and very useful, not sure if its a Mac M1 issue, but whenever I do the secondary 4 finger tap action on any app, finder window always opens even when I dont click it.

[yw4z]

@Duval_Barrett
do you have bettertouchtool icon on dock?
does other actions working without problems? all other actions working with same logic, they find which app under cursor then runs script for that app
does finder window ask for an app or a regular window?
do you using "show recent applications on dock" option?

[Duval_Barrett]

No, I keep BTT in the menu bar. Everything else seems to be working fine. It seems as though when i quit finder the 4-finger tap works fine to open a new window in the specific app

Finder isn't asking for anything, it seems as though when finder is open in the background regardless of what app I press a new finder window opens with the 4 finger tap. For example, if I have apple music app open and invoke 4 finger tap to play/pause in the background while I'm on browsing safari the finder window shows up and yes I am currently using the show recent applications on dock

[yw4z]

@Duval_Barrett
its weird because other actions uses same script on run, looks like problem not related with script. can you disable enhanced dock preset then do a 4 finger tap on dock icon maybe preset conflicting with something else. actually i'm not sure what causing this

[yw4z]

Updated first post with 0.2 release

• new - 3 finger swipe down / scroll down + ctrl on anywhere on dock hides all windows
• new - 3 finger tap + fn / middle click + fn on dock icon hides other apps
• new - next action resizes front window to right half of screen for apps ( excluding spotify and music )
• new - previous action resizes front window to left half of screen for apps ( excluding spotify and music )
• new - added support for Terminal to open new tab/window with 4 finder tap
• new - added support for Script Editor to create new script with 4 finder tap
• improvement - open new finder window now works faster without using gui scripting
• improvement - 2 finger swipe up now raises window instead of app expose if app only has 1 minimized window
• improvement - 2 finger swipe up / 3 finger swipe up gestures showing app expose then closes app expose to notify user to app only has 1 active window or all windows already raised
• improvement - 3 finger swipe up gesture handles apps better multiple windows with tabs
• improvement - Swipe up actions (primary & secondary) on app icon opens new window with app expose animation if app has no window but its running
• improvement - Increased speed of finding active application
• fixed - 4 finger tap actions not working , most of them working properly now
• fixed - 4 finger tap on music isnt starting playback while music isnt running
• fixed - 3 finger swipe up raising windows with wrong tabs
• fixed - Gestures on spacers or separators launches actions with previous selected apps

Also added some tips for native dock to first post

@Duval_Barrett i saw same bug yesterday when using external monitor and non apple mouse but its not repeated, do you using one of these

[Duval_Barrett]

No I'm not using an external monitor or a non apple mouse, but i still seem to be having the same issue. I also used Aquatouch and your simple manager preset and tried to see if there was a conflict with the other presets, but it seems to still do when only the enhanced dock preset is activated.

[Noim]

Thanks. Finally a faster way for me to open a new Finder window. I just switched the primary and secondary action. I open Finder windows way more often than closing all windows.

Thanks for this preset <3

[_shlomo]

@yw4z Hi, I tried to use this cool thing, but maybe it's not compatible with Monterey?
I click with 3 fingers on the sample Slack software icon, and something like this appears:

But nothing else happens...
I use a Macbook Pro with Monterey 12.5 OS
Original trackpad
Would love your help

[yw4z]

@_shlomo

i guess you have 1 more trigger using 3 finger tab. you should change trigger condition setting for that
or make trigger app spesific

[_shlomo]

Thank you! It really helped

[JCDC]

Love the preset. didn't even know setting actions to Dock trigger and assigning to application Im hovering over was possible.
When I use the 2 finger swipe up to show expose it works correctly to activate that applications expose but then immediately closes. I tried looking at the apple script but I have limited computer "programming" skills to know what to do.
Any suggestions on how to fix this?

[deeznugs]

Instead of Safari, how do we get it to work for Firefox? Much love. Dope ass lil creation brobro.

[yw4z]

@JCDC hi, sorry for late reply, im working on improved and better optimized version but i'm trying to fix some bugs before release, some related BTT incompatibility also some with macos. next release will much more complete on features

@deeznugs sorry i cant test on previous version atm, i added firefox support for next version

you can add this lines to secondary action applescript on BTT

this one opens a new window

else if AppNm is "Firefox" then
	do shell script "open -n -a Firefox"

this one opens a new tab with UI scripting

else if AppNm is "Firefox" then
	tell application "Firefox"
		activate
		tell application "System Events" to tell process "Firefox" to tell menu 3 of menu bar 1 to click menu item 1
	end tell

this one opens a new tab with given URL

else if AppNm is "Firefox" then
	tell application AppNm
		open location "about:home"
		activate
	end tell

[wynstaxxx]

any progress or updates? reason I ask is bc I have been working on something similar-basically same as you, adding various applescripts to gestures to work only for the dock and have been running into a few weird issues with a couple gestures that dont want to work but will work if set to others, 2 finger down....and some other various ???? so would be stoked to see any updates or improvements you have made. Your work has been a great inspiration

[yw4z]

@wynstaxxx hi, i have improved detection of hovered app on dock and many things but detecting swipe / scroll events on dock is problem. my safari starts freezing on endless scroll pages if i add 2-3 swipe / scroll events with BTT. i will share new version but i got 30+ changes for 0.3 release and i have to edit first post a lot. so it will take time.

try tip taps or other gestures on dock for better detection instead of swipes / scrolls. middle click and 3 finger taps on dock also not %100 detected by BTT

[yw4z]

Updated first post with all new features for 0.3 release

Almost 2 and a half year from last release. After years of usage and improvement i guess this one will be solid update. Script for detection of hovered app is rewritten with javascript (after BTT's advanced conditions update i wrote once more), script works much faster without errors.

i have to change almost all gestures for easier detection and usage.

if actions not works every time you try, you may want to edit values for gestures detection or learn how to place your fingers for easier detection. Tip tap functions sensitive to distance between your fingers and palm rejection. if you place your finger a bit farther probably detection rate jumps to %100
You can tweak distance setting from BTT settings > Trackpad > TipTaps

This version has many changes and improvements. Please read first post from beginning, changed most of gestures and added many features

I'm able to make all actions to close to instant speed, but UnMinimizeApp action not fast like others because of macOS animations

I guess adding improvements and fixing bugs will be much easier after switching to javascript. please send any issues

You can download new version from gumroad

💎 Enhanced Dock for macOS [BetterTouchTool Preset][v0.3]

New Features

• Primary Action on Chromium based browsers (Chrome, Edge, Vivaldi, Brave, Opera) opens new window
• Primary Action on Safari Technology Preview opens new window
• Primary Action on Calculator copies result
• Primary Action on Calendar starts app with quick event box selected
• Primary Action on Reminders starts app with text area selected for current list
• Primary Action on Shortcuts creates new shortcut
• Primary Action on App Store starts app with updates tab with checking updates
• Primary Action on Voice Memos starts new voice recording
• Primary Action on Visual Studio Code / VS Codium opens new document
• Primary Action on Photo Booth takes photo or starts recording
• Primary Action on Dock Separator toggles dock auto hide preference
• Primary Action on Freeform opens new board
• Primary Action on Launchpad Dock Icon opens Applications folder
• Secondary Action on Dock Separator toggles dock magnification
• Mission Control Dock Icon > Primary Action creates new space
• Mission Control Dock Icon > Next Action switches to right space
• Mission Control Dock Icon > Previous Action switches to left space
• Added support for Apple TV. Primary action > Play/Pause. Next Action > Next. Previous Action > Previous
• Added a visual feedback let user to identify which gesture triggered by BTT or not. Also you will see a HUD for every action and each oction has a different icon so you know which gesture is triggered by BTT
• Hide other action shows desktop if you trigger with an app that not running, separator, spaces or trash icon on dock

Changes

• All gestures changed for better detection. Let me know if you have any issues
• Switched Primary and Secondary actions for better experience. but i keep Dock Separator > "Auto Hide Toggle for Dock" on primary action
• Primary action opens new Safari window instead of new tab
• Removed Hide all action gesture / shortcut because not properly working

Improvement

• Secondary Action closes BetterTouchTool window instead of quitting
• Added support for minimized apps on dock if "Minimize windows into application icon" not enabled on dock preferences
• Secondary action activates app instead of quitting app with save or other types dialogs blocking app to quit
• Updated all trigger names and added icon for better visibility on BTT trigger list
• Added all actions to folders on BTT actions list for organized look
• Added a visual feedback for Minimize App action. Application expose will shown for a short time with "no available windows" if all windows of app already minimized
• Minimize App action uses native mac shortcut on supported apps for fastest result
• Minimize App action hides windows that not supporting minimizing
• Better handling of minimized windows for next, previous, App Expose actions
• Added a HUD notification for primary action on empty trash bin that notifies trash already empty
• Added an audio feedback for primary and secondary action
• Used 2 types of sounds for HUD notifications. Positive sound for enabled or successful tasks, negative sound for disabled or unsuccessful
• Maps automatically focuses to search bar after opening new tab / window
• Much faster response times for empty trash bin
• Empty trash works on both primary and secondary to reduce confusions

Fixes

• Enhanced Dock hides windows on MinimizeApp action if Minimize windows into application icon setting not selected
• Some apps with different name on dock and process causing BTT asking for app location
• Primary action shows and closing app expose on multiple windows instead of keeping app expose view
• Minimized apps not resizing left/right half of screen
• Unminimizing causing switching between tabs
• Primary action opens 2 new documents instead of 1 if no documents was open at launch in TextEdit and Script Editor

Known Issues

• If you use any gestures of SWM on other actions on menu bar they will conflict and one of them not working
• Triggering App Expose, Minimize All and Unminimize actions takes time if app has a minimized windows with 15+ tabs
• I have to change 3 finger tap gestures because BTT cant constantly detect not sure maybe its os related limitation. changed all but im happy wit result
• You cant trigger any action while HUD is visible

[yw4z]

Updated gumroad page with 0.4 release

💎 Enhanced Dock for macOS [BetterTouchTool Preset][v0.4]

Changelog

All scripts optimized, simplified and added many minor improvements

Preset works more "snappy" in this release

Clock and Podcasts support tested on Ventura. please let me know if there is a problem with sonoma

Clock App Support

• It can work with 5 different ways in Primary Action
  • New Alarm
  • Start / Lap Stopwatch
  • Start / Reset Stopwatch
  • Start / Pause Timer
  • Start / Reset Timer
• Change Setting from BTT > Automations, Named & Other Triggers > Enhanced Dock > Clock. Change value of C then press compile and save

Podcasts App Support

• Primary Action > Play / Pause
• Next Action > Skips 30 second or Next (if there is one on queue)
• Previous Action > Rewind 15 second or Previous (if there is one on queue)

IINA Media Player Support

• Primary Action > Play / Pause
• Next Action > Next Media
• Previous Action > Previous Media

Changes

• App Expose action unminimizes window automatically if there is only one minimized. Now its unminimizes without showing application expose

Improvement

• Minimize App action works faster now for running apps
• Improved support for Firefox on primary action
• Application Expose, Minimize and Unminimize actions works faster for minimized windows while dock setting "Minimize windows into application icon" is disabled

Fixes

• Secondary action cant close minimized window while dock setting "Minimize windows into application icon" is disabled
• Secondary action cant close Finder windows that has multiple tabs
• Secondary action cant close BTT window if its minimized or app has multiple windows or has modal popup in window
• Next / Previous actions not working for Apple TV app while dock setting "Minimize windows into application icon" is disabled
• Unminimize action changes selected tab on minimized windows
• Unminimize action not waiting end of window animation before opening application expose

[yw4z]

Here is quick fixes with 0.4.1

Fixes

• Primary action shows an additional HUD
• Webview HUD not working
• HUD notifications for Calculator not working

💎 Enhanced Dock for macOS [BetterTouchTool Preset][v0.4.1]

[derhausmeister]

Hey thanks for sharing this great preset

Is there any way to disable the HUD popups?