Spatial Dock - App Switcher 4+

WHAT'S NEW IN THIS VERSION

This release brings major improvements to customization, performance, and overall usability based on users feedback.

CUSTOM KEYBOARD LAYOUTS

• Enhanced custom keyboard layout – You can now use more key as a shortcut, including function keys,, number keys, and symbol keys. This allows much more flexible keyboard layout configurations.

SHORTCUTS

• All keys now available – Shortcuts are no longer limited to letter keys. You can now use function keys, number keys, and symbol keys.

• Modifier + Key activation – Create custom activation methods using any modifier key combination plus a trigger key. Multiple behaviors available when pressing the trigger key repeatedly:
- Toggle between primary and secondary dock
- Cycle through apps from top-left to bottom-right
- Cycle through apps in Most Recently Used order

LINKS & CUSTOM URLs

• Launch anything from SpatialDock – Add custom links alongside your apps to open files, folders, websites, or trigger custom URL schemes (deeplinks).

IMPROVED APP MANAGEMENT

• Toggle hide/show other apps – Quickly focus on your app by hiding all other applications with a dedicated keyboard shortcut.
• Bring all windows to front – When switching to an app, you can now bring all its windows forward at once (configurable globally or per-app).
• Smart app focus behavior – Focusing an already-focused app now hides it, providing a quick toggle to get it out of your way.
• Enter key activates highlighted app – Speed up your workflow by pressing Enter to launch the currently highlighted app.

VISUAL & UX IMPROVEMENTS

• Custom icons for apps – Personalize your app icons to make them more recognizable.
• More contrasted selection colors – The selector is now easier to see with customizable colors that make it clear which app you're about to activate.
• Secondary dock can be hidden – Advanced users can disable it completely in settings.

ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS

• Arrow key navigation now works more reliably
• Optimized icon loading – App icons now load more efficiently and are cached to reduce memory usage and improve responsiveness
• Complete configuration backup – Export and import your entire SpatialDock configuration, including all app assignments, custom keyboard layouts, and settings
• Duplicate key prevention – Cannot assign the same key to multiple apps, preventing conflicts
• Better app closure detection – Apps like Apple News are now properly detected as closed
• Window size refresh fixed when layout changes
• Fixed bug with shortcut keys not updating correctly in secondary dock when changing keyboard layouts
• Improved empty state messaging – When no apps are pinned, SpatialDock now displays a helpful message explaining that you need to launch apps first so they can be detected