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OneWayOfLife

Is there a way to stop apps opening with a gap at the bottom when auto-hiding the dock? I have to resize everytime for it to fill the screen...

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Is there a way to stop apps opening with a gap at the bottom when auto-hiding the dock? I have to resize everytime for it to fill the screen...

Posted Jun 7, 2022, 8:38 PM UTC

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Webbadeth•

Are you launching the app while the dock is still showing, then hiding the dock?

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OneWayOfLifeOPMacBook Pro 14" :MacBookPro:•

Kind of- the dock is showing because I'm launching it from the dock, so yes it's technically showing while it is launching. As soon as I move my mouse it hides though- can apps not see the dock setting to know if it is hidden or not?

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Webbadeth•

I do remember that happening in previous version of the Os. What are you running?

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OneWayOfLifeOPMacBook Pro 14" :MacBookPro:•

It's Monterey 12.4

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Webbadeth•

Weird. I played with it for a minute. Even installed Firefox and it’s not doing that on my system, also running 12.4 even while hovering over the dock at launch. Only happened when the dock is unhidden and I option command D to hide it.

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schrollingMacBook Air :MacBook:•

You can resize apps' windows automatically with the Shortcuts app. I have a shortcut where it will run a shell script to enable dock's auto-hide and then resize Safari and Firefox.

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