Click2Minimize

A focused macOS utility that adds the missing behaviour: clicking an app's dock icon minimises all its windows instead of bringing them forward. Swift + AppKit using the macOS Accessibility API. Single-purpose, well under 1k LOC, signed and notarised. Released via the standard menu-bar agent pattern.

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Menu-bar agent

Type

PolyForm NC

License

macOS

What Wasn't Working

macOS dock-icon clicks bring an app's windows forward; there's no built-in way to make the click minimise them instead. Some workflows want the inverse — "if it's already visible, hide it."

The Solution

How I Fixed It

A menu-bar agent that intercepts dock-icon clicks via the macOS Accessibility API and toggles minimise/restore based on current window state. Signed and notarised for distribution outside the Mac App Store.

Stack

Technologies Used

Swift

AppKit

Cocoa

macOS Accessibility API

Results

Key Outcomes

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Single-purpose tool that does exactly one thing well

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Native AppKit footprint, signed + notarised, published releases

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