Dock taskbar
by deskdash · v0.4.4 · 1 downloads
Taskbars install from inside DeskDash.
A macOS-style floating dock: a centered pill of big app icons with a magnification wave, launch bounce, window dots, live window previews, a start button and an optional system tray.
- A magnification wave follows your pointer; launches bounce, new apps pop in, closed apps shrink away
- Pinned apps mirror your Windows taskbar order and launch with a click
- One button per app with window dots; stacked windows open a flyout of live previews
- Start button opens the Windows start menu; optional system tray inside the pill
- Hides the native Windows taskbar while active and restores it when you switch off
About this taskbar
Dock replaces your Windows taskbar with a macOS-style floating pill: big app icons over a transparent strip, centered at the bottom of the screen. A magnification wave follows your pointer, launches bounce until the app lands, new apps pop in and closed ones shrink away. DeskDash hides the native taskbar while a dock is active and brings it back the moment you switch it off.
Pinned apps come first, in the same order as your Windows taskbar, and stay in sync with it. Running apps follow, one button per app, with a dot per open window. A click launches, focuses or minimizes; an app with several windows opens a flyout of live previews with window titles and a close button per card. The start button opens the Windows start menu, and an optional system tray tucks the notification area into the pill.
Settings cover pinned apps and the system tray. Low-spec machines and reduced-motion preferences switch the animations off.
What it can access
- taskbar
Reads your taskbar: open windows, pinned apps and the notification area
Settings you can adjust
- Show pinned apps
On or off
- Show the system tray
On or off
Details
- Version
- v0.4.4
- Size
- 9 KB
- Uploaded
- 24 Aug 2026
- Last updated
- 24 Aug 2026
Version history
- v0.4.4
- 24 Aug 2026 · 9 KB
- v0.4.3
- 24 Aug 2026 · 9 KB
