Possibility to reopen window by clicking app icon in dock on Mac OS
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Description
I am using Psst and close the window and can not reopen it on Mac OS. All native apps should support this flow.
They asked me to add an issue here to either ask how to do this or if it is not supported yet to get it to work maybe.
The issue there is https://github.com/jpochyla/psst/issues/139.
So the wishful steps should be:
1. closing window
2. click on the app icon in the dock
3. the window comes up again
Now:
1. closing window
2. click on the app icon in the dock
3. nothing happens
4. restart the app to open the window again
I will love to know if this is possible :)
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the reported flow on macOS: close the window, click the app icon in the Dock, and observe that no window returns. Start by tracing the desktop window lifecycle and application-icon activation handling; done means the closed window reopens when its Dock icon is clicked, without restarting the app.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, rust
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100