Emulates clicking the currently active, or frontmost, application in the dock. What this does depends that specific application, but more often than not it restores the applications primary window.
- Matches the name of the active application with a corresponding dock item. Uses includes to match short and long names - Chrome with Google Chrome, for example.
- By default binds (
Cmd + Alt + W) to restore a window.
Install Hammerspoon
If you haven't installed Hammerspoon yet, download it from here and follow the installation instructions.
Take a look at their Github repo for more information.
Clone the Repository to .hammerspoon/Spoons
Clone this repository into the .hammerspoon/Spoons directory using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/silasburger/restore-window ~/.hammerspoon/Spoons/WindowRestore.spoonAdd to Hammerspoon Configuration
.hammerspoon/init.lua
hs.loadSpoon("DockClick")
spoon.WindowRestore:bindHotkeys()-
Easily customizable hotkeys, for example:
.hammerspoon/init.luahs.loadSpoon("WindowRestore") spoon.WindowRestore:bindHotkeys({ click = { {"cmd", "alt"}, "w" } })