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# macOS Dock
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## Overview
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Electron has APIs to configure the app's icon in the macOS Dock. A macOS-only
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API exists to create a custom dock menu, but Electron also uses the app dock
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icon as the entry point for cross-platform features like
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[recent documents][recent-documents] and [application progress][progress-bar].
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The custom dock is commonly used to add shortcuts to tasks the user wouldn't
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want to open the whole app window for.
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__Dock menu of Terminal.app:__
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![Dock Menu][dock-menu-image]
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2020-10-20 01:32:40 +00:00
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To set your custom dock menu, you need to use the
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[`app.dock.setMenu`](../api/dock.md#docksetmenumenu-macos) API,
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which is only available on macOS.
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## Example
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Starting with a working application from the
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[Quick Start Guide](quick-start.md), update the `main.js` file with the
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following lines:
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```javascript
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const { app, Menu } = require('electron')
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const dockMenu = Menu.buildFromTemplate([
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{
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label: 'New Window',
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click () { console.log('New Window') }
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}, {
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label: 'New Window with Settings',
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submenu: [
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{ label: 'Basic' },
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{ label: 'Pro' }
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]
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},
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{ label: 'New Command...' }
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])
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app.whenReady().then(() => {
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app.dock.setMenu(dockMenu)
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})
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```
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After launching the Electron application, right click the application icon.
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You should see the custom menu you just defined:
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2018-02-19 23:09:43 +00:00
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[dock-menu-image]: https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/639601/5069962/6032658a-6e9c-11e4-9953-aa84006bdfff.png
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[recent-documents]: ./recent-documents.md
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[progress-bar]: ./progress-bar.md
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