Hi folks. I'd like to know if there is some way to setup being able to click on an application icon in the dock and have it minimize/hide by doing so. Any help appreciated. Thanks.
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Any way/application to click on application icon in dock and minimize?
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Well you can always right click on the dock icon and hide it like that. not sure if this helps but you can try bettertouchtool (free) and assign specific touch gestures to window management functionality. For example, I have it so when I touch the bottom center of my touchpad it minimizes the window under my cursor, and I also have the top center of my touchpad set to close the window. Its much easier than having to scroll up to the corner (and i'm guessing this is why you want a dock option?)
I hear you. I'd like to be able to just click on it once in the dock to open it then click on it again to close it. No menus involved would be ideal. Thanks.
The dock doesn't quite work that way, as you may have many other choices (depending on the particular app.)
Certainly you can just click on the icon to launch the app.
The key is the right-click. You also get the menu if you just click and hold the icon in the dock - no right-click is usually needed - and choose what you need from the menu.
That menu gives you all the choices. You can also use the keyboard shortcut Command-H to hide the app in front, etc.
There could be a third-party utility that allows you to re-direct the default action when clicking on the Dock icons, but I haven't heard of that as a feature.
Certainly you can just click on the icon to launch the app.
The key is the right-click. You also get the menu if you just click and hold the icon in the dock - no right-click is usually needed - and choose what you need from the menu.
That menu gives you all the choices. You can also use the keyboard shortcut Command-H to hide the app in front, etc.
There could be a third-party utility that allows you to re-direct the default action when clicking on the Dock icons, but I haven't heard of that as a feature.