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feat(macos): bounce the Dock icon on Window.Flash
julianstorer Jun 25, 2026
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Merge branch 'wailsapp:master' into feat/mac-dock-bounce-on-flash
julianstorer Aug 6, 2026
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion v3/pkg/application/webview_window.go
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Expand Up @@ -700,7 +700,8 @@ func (w *WebviewWindow) SetFullscreenButtonState(state ButtonState) Window {
}

// Flash flashes the window's taskbar button/icon.
// Useful to indicate that attention is required. Windows only.
// Useful to indicate that attention is required. On Windows this flashes the
// taskbar button; on macOS it bounces the app's Dock icon (Linux: no-op).
func (w *WebviewWindow) Flash(enabled bool) {
if w.impl == nil || w.isDestroyed() {
return
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13 changes: 11 additions & 2 deletions v3/pkg/application/webview_window_darwin.go
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Expand Up @@ -810,6 +810,15 @@ static void windowMinimise(void *window) {
[(WebviewWindow*)window miniaturize:nil];
}

// windowFlash requests user attention so the app's Dock icon bounces, drawing
// the user back to a window that needs them. NSInformationalRequest bounces the
// icon once; the request completes on its own, so disabling is a no-op.
static void windowFlash(void *window, bool enabled) {
if (enabled) {
[NSApp requestUserAttention:NSInformationalRequest];
}
}

// zoom maximizes the window to the screen dimensions
static void windowMaximise(void *window) {
[(WebviewWindow*)window zoom:nil];
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}
}

func (w *macosWebviewWindow) flash(_ bool) {
// Not supported on macOS
func (w *macosWebviewWindow) flash(enabled bool) {
C.windowFlash(w.nsWindow, C.bool(enabled))
}

func (w *macosWebviewWindow) setSize(width, height int) {
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