🐞 Calling the URL scheme causes the Loop icon to appear in the Dock
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- Dominant language
- Swift
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Description
Bug Description
When calling Loop’s URL scheme, the Loop icon appears in the Dock, even when “Show in Dock” is set to false in Settings.
Affected Scope
User interface
Steps to Reproduce
- Set “Show in Dock” to false in Loop’s Settings.
- Call Loop’s URL scheme.
- The Loop icon appears in the Dock.
Reproducibility
Always
Expected vs Actual Behavior
Expected:
The icon should always be hidden.
Actual Behavior:
The icon appeared.
Screen Recordings / Screenshots
No response
Severity
Minor (limited impact)
macOS Version
15.7.4
Loop Version
Version 1.4.2 (1693)
Did You Try the Development Build?
No
Additional Context
No response
Final Checks
- My issue is written in English.
- My issue title is descriptive.
- This is a single bug (multiple bugs should be reported individually).
- I have looked to see if this is a duplicate of another bug report.
- I can help with further investigation.
- I can help with developing a fix for this issue.
Contributor guide
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 issue on macOS 15.7.4 with Loop 1.4.2 by disabling “Show in Dock” and calling Loop’s URL scheme. Review pull request #1076 for the work already underway; done means the Loop icon remains hidden when the setting is false.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- swift
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100