The modern Dock replacement for your Mac
Those features will be available in the next version
More types of icons / actions in Sidebar
We will add multiple different actions along with custom icons to Sidebar. This will e.g. allow you to
add folder links, stacks of applications, scripts,... directly to Sidebar and make them available via
just a single click
Show important notifications of running apps
We will highlight the application that sent the important notification in your Sidebars.
If you don't know what we are talking about, it's basically the bounce animation from the MacOS Dock. Don't worry we will provide multiple ways of how notifications can be displayed.
Translation: German
The next release of Sidebar will be translated to German. Make sure to check the settings if you would like to change
the language.
Those features will be added in future versions
Those features are already released and available in the latest version
Multliple screen support
You can add Sidebar on either on, some or all of your screen. Sidebar will even remember you monitor setup and restore the setting for you.
Reserves screen space
The macOS Dock doesn't prevent windows from overlapping with the Dock. Sidebar does if you enable this setting. This will make your
Sidebar feel al lot more like other systems (e.g. Windows or Linux)
Customizable styling
You can customize the style of your Sidebars to match your style!
Preview windows
Just hover over an application and you will get a preview of all its windows. You can easily switch between multiple windows using this feature!
Calendar
Just hover over the date or time on any of your Sidebars to open a convenient calendar
Application list
Click on the Sidebar logo to open a list of all launchable applications, along with some convenient short actions.
Control the alignment of your application icons
Align your application icons to the left, center or to the right of Sidebar
Additional styling option: rounded corners
You can now customize the corner radius of Sidebar
Add window titles to preview windows
Sidebar now also shows the window title of each window in the preview windows. Makes navigation more easily
Additional styling option: individual app-spacing
Customize the spacing between applications. We also added an option for dynamic spacing so that
application icons will distribute evenly across Sidebar
Configure Sidebar position
You can now pin Sidebar also to the left or right side of your screen
Auto hide
You can now automatically hide your Sidebars when you don't need it. Just move your cursor to the side of the screen
that you pinned Sidebar on to make it appear again
Different types of running indicators
You can now also use a line instead of a dot as running indicator for applications
Add more features to previews window
You can now close windows directly from the preview window. Just hover over a preview and press the X button. Clicking on a
preview window will now maximize or minimize the window depending on the current window state
See what has changed in each version
Version 1.2.7
Includes the following bug fixes:
- Fixed a bug that sometimes exiting full screen content (e.g. a YouTube video) caused Sidebar to vanish
Version 1.2.6
Includes the following bug fixes:
- Fixed a bug that sometimes maximizing and minimizing applications hid the menu bar
Version 1.2.5
Includes the following bug fixes:
- Fixed a bug that somtimes made Sidebar unresponsive when the license expired
- Fixed a bug that sometimes maximizing and minimizing applications did not work when clicking the icon in Sidebar
Version 1.2.4
Includes the following features:
- You can now maximize / minimize apps directly from the app icon in Sidebar. This feature works like the maximize / minimize feature of the preview windows
Version 1.2.3
Includes the following features:
- Release notes of version updates are now displayed directly in the update dialog
- Fixed a few typos in the description of the settings
Version 1.2.2
Includes the following bug fixes:
- Removed an unnecessary item from the menu bar that wasn't supposed to be there
Version 1.2.1
Includes the following bug fixes:
- Fixed a bug that when enabling the setting to prevent windows from overlapping Sidebar, it will now resize all windows immediately
- Fixed a bug that sometimes the preview window caused Sidebar to crash (e.g. Microsoft Teams notification windows)
Version 1.2.0
Includes the following features:
- You can now automatically hide your Sidebars when you don't need it. Just move your cursor to the side of the screen that you pinned Sidebar on to make it appear again
- You can now also use a line instead of a dot as running indicator for applications
- We added an option that disables the color of the menu bar icon. If you enable this setting the menu bar icon will be either white or black depending on the system appearance
- You can now close windows directly from the preview window. Just hover over a preview and press the X button
- Clicking on a preview window will now maximize or minimize the window depending on the current window state
- If you hide the standard Dock, the minimise effect of windows will now automatically change to a less prominent effect
Version 1.1.3
Includes the following features:
- Sidebar now automatically requests a trial license on your first start. No distractions anymore, just start right away
Version 1.1.2
Includes the following features:
- Added the title of the window to the application preview windows
- Fixed a bug that sometimes activating an app by clicking the icon was unresponsive while showing the application preview window
- Fixed a bug that sometimes two or all windows of an application became active when activating a certain application window from the application preview window
- Fixed a bug that the bouncing animation of Dock application was visible, even though the Dock is hidden
- Fixed a bug that sometimes the "Keep in bar" and "Hide in bar" context menu option did not work
Version 1.1.1
Includes the following features:
- You can now access the settings from the context menu (right click) on any application icon if neither the Sidebar icon is visible in the bar, nor the top menu bar icon is visible
Version 1.1.0
Added the following features to Sidebar:
- Sidebar can now also be positioned on the side of your screen (e.g. left or right side of the screen)
- You can now hide the Sidebar icon
- App icons can now also be centered or be displayed at the end of Sidebar
- The spacing between application icons can now be adjusted
- Added an option that automatically adjusts the spacing between application icons, so that the icons distribute evenly across Sidebar
- You can now set up the corner radius of Sidebar. This will round the upper corners (or left / right corners when placed on the side)
Version 1.0.3
Includes the following bug fixes:
- Fixed a bug caused Sidebar not to refresh the displayed apps after certain actions (e.g. after hiding an app from Sidebar)
Version 1.0.2
Includes the following bug fixes:
- Fixed a bug that prevented Sidebar from correctly positioning on different screens on the same display when switching between those screens
Version 1.0.1
Includes the following bug fixes:
- Fixed a bug that caused the app to not show text in various windows on devices with German language enabled
Version 1.0.0
The initial release of Sidebar. Includes the following features:
- Preview windows when hovering over application icons
- Reserves screen space
- Supports multiple displays
- Basic customizability options
- Calendar when hovering over date / time
- Application launcher with application list
