Behavior Settings#

Global settings that affect how dock items open, how docks snap, and how fixed docks interact with app windows.

Open Settings (⚙) → Behavior.

Left click behavior#

Choose what happens when you click a running app icon:

• Open — Activate the app or return to its last used window
• Minimize — Toggle the current app window between minimized and restored

Minimize requires Accessibility permission. Without it, clicks fall back to normal open and activate behavior.

See Left-Click Behavior.

Open folders with#

Choose the application used when folder dock items are clicked.

By default, folders open in Finder. You can choose another app if you prefer a different file manager.

Magnetic snapping#

When dragging a floating dock near a screen edge, it magnetically snaps into alignment.

Toggle Disable magnetic snapping if you prefer full free-form positioning.

Reserve Dock Space#

When enabled, expanded app windows stay outside the area occupied by your fixed docks. This prevents windows from hiding behind edge-pinned docks.

Requires Accessibility permission. ExtraDock uses macOS Accessibility to detect and resize overlapping windows.

Active on Drag#

By default, Reserve Dock Space adjusts windows when they are expanded with the green zoom button or by double-clicking the title bar.

Enable Active on Drag to also adjust windows after a manual drag or resize that overlaps a fixed dock.

This option is only available when Reserve Dock Space is enabled.