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automaticallyHideAndShowTheDock

Delay

Section titled “Delay”

Desktop & Dock > Dock > Automatically hide and show the Dock > Delay

Option Module: home-manager

Option Path: applications.systemSettings.desktopAndDock.dock.automaticallyHideAndShowTheDock.delay

Option Value Description: null or integer or floating point number between 0.0 and 5.0 (both inclusive) or value "unset" (singular enum)

unset:

Terminal window
/usr/bin/defaults delete ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.dock autohide-delay 2>/dev/null || true && \
/usr/bin/killall Dock 2>/dev/null || true

value:

Terminal window
/usr/bin/defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.dock autohide-delay -float "value" 2>/dev/null || true && \
/usr/bin/killall Dock 2>/dev/null || true

Animation duration

Section titled “Animation duration”

Desktop & Dock > Dock > Automatically hide and show the Dock > Animation duration

Option Module: home-manager

Option Path: applications.systemSettings.desktopAndDock.dock.automaticallyHideAndShowTheDock.duration

Option Value Description: null or integer or floating point number between 0.0 and 5.0 (both inclusive) or value "unset" (singular enum)

unset:

Terminal window
/usr/bin/defaults delete ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier 2>/dev/null || true && \
/usr/bin/killall Dock 2>/dev/null || true

value:

Terminal window
/usr/bin/defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float "value" 2>/dev/null || true && \
/usr/bin/killall Dock 2>/dev/null || true

Automatically hide and show the Dock

Section titled “Automatically hide and show the Dock”

Desktop & Dock > Dock > Automatically hide and show the Dock

Option Module: home-manager

Option Path: applications.systemSettings.desktopAndDock.dock.automaticallyHideAndShowTheDock.enabled

Option Value Description: null or boolean or value "unset" (singular enum)

false:

Terminal window
/usr/bin/defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.dock autohide -bool "false" 2>/dev/null || true && \
/usr/bin/killall Dock 2>/dev/null || true

true:

Terminal window
/usr/bin/defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.dock autohide -bool "true" 2>/dev/null || true && \
/usr/bin/killall Dock 2>/dev/null || true

unset:

Terminal window
/usr/bin/defaults delete ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.dock autohide 2>/dev/null || true && \
/usr/bin/killall Dock 2>/dev/null || true