✨ New Features

• Collapse native tabs into one preview
  • Tabbed apps like Safari, Finder, Terminal, and Ghostty can show a single preview per window instead of one per tab
  • Turn on "Collapse native tabs into a single window" under Settings > Dock Previews > Window Display, then restart the app
  • Off by default
• New glass Variant control for the dock preview
  • A Variant slider picks between different liquid glass looks for a richer, more reflective background
  • Find it under Settings > Appearance > Background > Glass Tuning > Variant (macOS 26 and later)

🔧 Improvements & Stability

• Folder preview options moved into dock preview tab
• Steadier previews with less flicker
  • Dock and Cmd+Tab previews settle in one clean pass instead of visibly redrawing while they refresh
• Updated interface translations across languages

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Apps no longer quit by mistake on view changes
  • With quit-on-last-window-close on, apps like Microsoft Office and Chrome web apps are re-checked before quitting so they aren't closed mid-transition
• Media widget play/pause responds reliably
  • The button no longer flickers between states or makes elapsed time jump when you pause or resume
• Closed or stale windows stop lingering in previews
  • Each window is re-checked against the system before it's shown
• Fewer crashes while DockDoor reads your dock items

⚠️ BETA RELEASE WARNING
This is an unstable pre-release version intended for testing purposes only.

✨ New Features

• Combine native macOS tabs into one window preview
  • Apps that use built-in window tabs (Safari, Finder, Terminal, Ghostty) can show a single preview per tabbed window instead of one per tab
  • The preview shows the tab you used most recently; minimized and hidden windows are never merged
  • Turn on "Collapse native tabs into a single window" in Settings > Dock Previews > Window Display (off by default), then restart DockDoor
• New dots style for the active app indicator
  • Shows a dot under every running app in your dock: bright for the frontmost app, dimmed for apps with open windows, black for apps with none
  • Choose it with the new Indicator Style picker in Settings > General > Active App Indicator; the existing single-line style remains the default
  • Dots use your chosen indicator color and work with the dock on the bottom, left, or right
  • The height and length sliders now apply only to the line style

🔧 Improvements & Stability

• Updated translations across the app's supported languages

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Each window appears only once in previews and the window switcher
  • Some apps could accumulate duplicate previews of a single window over time
• Windows you already closed no longer linger as ghost previews
• Open previews no longer flicker or briefly go blank
  • Background window-list refreshes previously made previews shuffle or disappear and reappear mid-hover
• Play/pause in the media controls responds instantly
  • Clicking no longer gets ignored, bounces back to the previous state, or makes the progress bar jump
• "Quit app when closing its last window" no longer quits apps mid-use
  • Microsoft Office apps and Chrome web apps briefly close and reopen windows when switching views; DockDoor now double-checks the app truly has no windows before quitting it
• IINA previews now match its actual windows
  • Its floating playback controller and other phantom entries no longer show up as window previews
• Fixed a crash that could occur while reading the dock's contents
• The DockDoor Pro icon displays correctly

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed universal media source matching
  • More reliable detection in universal mode
  • Fix high CPU for nintendo music center
• Dock lock unlock shortcut now reliable

🔧 Improvements & Stability

• Sort folder previews by date added

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Window previews return after granting screen recording
• • Fix for users who experienced 'stuck' compact mode
• Compact mode no longer skips items with keyboard controls

🔧 Improvements & Stability

• Skipping screen recording no longer repeatedly asks for permission
• More reliable accessibility queries on background threads (crash fix)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Active app indicator positions correctly across multiple displays
• Folders no longer re-prompt for permission after denial (choose folder prompt)

✨ New Features

• Folder previews when hovering Dock folders
  • Browse contents directly from the Dock
  • Sort by name, date, kind, or size
  • Remember sort order per folder
• Bring app windows to your current Space
  • New traffic light button on previews
  • New scroll-on-dock-icon action

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Hover delay no longer cancels when sliding between Dock icons
• More accurate grouping for helper-owned windows

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Separate instances of the same app no longer get ignored
• Dock background style names now have translation registration
• Sync translations with Crowdin entries

✨ New Features

• Drag previews to move windows between Spaces
• Control Window Switcher app icon size
• Choose whether dock clicks restore minimized windows
• Ignore single-window apps in Cmd+Tab previews
• Leave Product Hunt reviews from General settings

🔧 Improvements & Stability

• Window Switcher previews better match window shapes
• Drag-hover now updates Window Switcher selection
• Fullscreen and tiling actions focus targeted windows
• Minimized labels respect pill styling settings
• Removed wake activation to prevent surprise focus
• Widget settings wording is clearer
• Updated translations across supported languages

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed Dock Locking disabling after display changes
• Fixed other-Space windows appearing windowless
• Fixed Vim motions with custom switcher modifiers
• Fixed stream keep-alive duration selection
• Fixed rounded-corner icon alignment issues
• Fixed last-window close quit behavior
• Fixed custom Cmd+Tab routing conflicts
• Fixed helper-owned app windows being missed
• Fixed dock hover preview cancellation race

This is an unstable pre-release version intended for testing purposes only. It may contain bugs, incomplete features, or cause system instability. Use at your own risk and do not install on production systems.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Apps on other spaces no longer appear windowless
• Minimized windows now respect pill style setting

✨ New Features

• Shift+click on an icon in the dock opens a new app window
• Auto-open windows for windowless apps when selected in switcher - default OFF

🔧 Improvements & Stability

• Apps with no windows now respect relevant appearance options
• Fix window previews rendering too wide
• Fix music widget rendering in random sizes
• Window titles no longer scroll, now they truncate in the center by default
  • Customizable title overflow styles for window titles - can configure types of truncation or switch back to marquee for window titles

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Improved Cmd+Tab reliability
  • Works when window switcher is off
  • App matching works correctly
  • Previews dismiss properly
• Tapping music widget background now switches apps correctly
• Media widget no longer resizes on hover
• Title styles no longer inflate preview width
• Fix artwork being stale when new media has no artwork
• Window switcher respects limit to active app only for windowless apps
• Cmd-tab preview should no longer remain on screen consistently (better coverage)