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title: Dock
description: Configure your application's Dock presence on macOS.
title: Dock Menu
description: Configure your app's Dock presence on macOS.
slug: macos-dock
hide_title: true
---
# Dock
# Dock Menu
Electron has APIs to configure the app's icon in the macOS Dock. A macOS-only
API exists to create a custom dock menu, but Electron also uses the app dock
icon as the entry point for cross-platform features like
[recent documents][recent-documents] and [application progress][progress-bar].
On macOS, the [Dock](https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/mac-help/mh35859/mac) is an interface
element that displays open and frequently-used apps. While opened or pinned, each app has its own
icon in the Dock.
The custom dock is commonly used to add shortcuts to tasks the user wouldn't
want to open the whole app window for.
> [!NOTE]
> On macOS, the Dock is the entry point for certain cross-platform features like
> [Recent Documents](./recent-documents.md) and [Application Progress](./progress-bar.md).
> Read those guides for more details.
**Dock menu of Terminal.app:**
## Dock API
![Dock Menu][dock-menu-image]
All functionality for the Dock is exposed via the [Dock](../api/dock.md) class exposed via
[`app.dock`](../api/app.md#appdock-macos-readonly) property. There is a single `Dock` instance per
Electron application, and this property only exists on macOS.
To set your custom dock menu, you need to use the
[`app.dock.setMenu`](../api/dock.md#docksetmenumenu-macos) API,
which is only available on macOS.
One of the main uses for your app's Dock icon is to expose additional app menus. The Dock menu is
triggered by right-clicking or <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-clicking the app icon. By default, the app's Dock menu
will come with system-provided window management utilities, including the ability to show all windows,
hide the app, and switch betweeen different open windows.
```fiddle docs/fiddles/features/macos-dock-menu
To set an app-defined custom Dock menu, pass any [Menu](../api/menu.md) instance into the
[`dock.setMenu`](../api/dock.md#docksetmenumenu-macos) API.
> [!TIP]
> For best practices to make your Dock menu feel more native, see Apple's
> [Human Interface Guidelines](https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/dock-menus)
> page on Dock menus.
## Attaching a context menu
```js title='Setting a Dock menu'
const { app, BrowserWindow, Menu } = require('electron/main')
function createWindow () {
const win = new BrowserWindow({
width: 800,
height: 600
})
win.loadFile('index.html')
}
const dockMenu = Menu.buildFromTemplate([
{
label: 'New Window',
click () { console.log('New Window') }
}, {
label: 'New Window with Settings',
submenu: [
{ label: 'Basic' },
{ label: 'Pro' }
]
},
{ label: 'New Command...' }
])
// dock.setMenu only works after the 'ready' event is fired
app.whenReady().then(() => {
const dockMenu = Menu.buildFromTemplate([
{
label: 'New Window',
click: () => { const win = new BrowserWindow() }
}
// add more menu options to the array
])
// Dock is undefined on platforms outside of macOS
// highlight-next-line
app.dock?.setMenu(dockMenu)
}).then(createWindow)
app.on('window-all-closed', () => {
if (process.platform !== 'darwin') {
app.quit()
}
})
app.on('activate', () => {
if (BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().length === 0) {
createWindow()
}
})
```
After launching the Electron application, right click the application icon.
You should see the custom menu you just defined:
> [!NOTE]
> Unlike with regular [context menus](./context-menu.md), Dock context menus don't need to be
> manually instrumented using the `menu.popup` API. Instead, the Dock object handles click events
> for you.
![macOS dock menu](../images/macos-dock-menu.png)
> [!TIP]
> To learn more about crafting menus in Electron, see the [Menus](./menus.md#building-menus) guide.
[dock-menu-image]: https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/639601/5069962/6032658a-6e9c-11e4-9953-aa84006bdfff.png
[recent-documents]: ./recent-documents.md
[progress-bar]: ./progress-bar.md
## Runnable Fiddle demo
Below is a runnable example of how you can use the Dock menu to create and close windows in your
Electron app.
```fiddle docs/fiddles/menus/dock-menu
```