Mac-Top-Bar-Dock

A lightning-fast, 100% native macOS menu bar app launcher inspired by "DockPops." It lives in your top menu bar and provides a beautiful, cascading "Liquid Glass" interface to quickly access your favorite apps, files, and folders.

Built entirely with standard C++17 and Objective-C++ (AppKit), requiring zero third-party frameworks.

Install via Homebrew

brew tap Nexus-Titan/tab https://github.com/Nexus-Titan/homebrew-tap.git
brew update
brew install tiwut-mac-top-bar-dock

# Run with:
tiwut-mac-top-bar-dock

How to run the APP?

chmod +x app-veri.sh
./app-veri.sh

or run

xattr -cr "Top Bar Dock.app"

Features

• Native "Liquid Glass" Interface: Uses native NSVisualEffectView to perfectly blur your desktop and dynamically adapt to macOS Light/Dark mode.
• Cascading Folders: Clicking a folder gracefully spawns a new window right next to the current one. Browse infinitely deep without cluttering your screen!
• Zero Dock Clutter: Runs entirely as a Status Bar Accessory. No annoying Terminal windows or Dock icons while running.
• Smart Auto-Close: Click anywhere else on your screen, and all LiquidDock windows instantly and cleanly vanish.
• Live Refreshing: Simply drop an App, Alias (Shortcut), or File into your ~/DockDesktop folder. Next time you click the top bar, it's immediately there.
• Native System Icons: Automatically extracts the official macOS high-res icons for any file, app, or folder.

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Prerequisites

All you need is a Mac! Because this project uses pure Apple system libraries, the only requirement is the standard Apple Clang compiler (which is aliased as g++ on macOS).

If you don't have it installed, open your Terminal and run:

xcode-select --install

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How to Compile & Install

1. Clone or Download this repository.
2. Open your Terminal and navigate to the folder containing the source code.
3. Compile the App using the following command:

g++ -std=c++17 -Wall -fobjc-arc -framework Cocoa -framework QuartzCore TopBarDock.mm -o TopBarDock

Note: The -fobjc-arc flag is critical! It enables Automatic Reference Counting to ensure memory is managed properly when opening nested folders.

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Usage

1. Run the App:

   ./TopBarDock

2. Look at your Menu Bar: You will see a new Grid icon (▣) in the top right of your screen (near your WiFi/Clock).
3. The Magic Folder: The first time you open the app, it creates a folder in your home directory at ~/DockDesktop.
4. Add your Apps: Open Finder, navigate to Home -> DockDesktop, and drag-and-drop your favorite Apps, Files, or Folders into it (Creating "Aliases/Shortcuts" works perfectly!).
5. Launch: Click the grid icon in your top bar. Your beautifully blurred app drawer will drop down. Click any app to launch it, or click a folder to cascade into it!

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Customization

Want to tweak the app? Open TopBarDock.mm in any text editor:

• Change the Folder Path: Search for DockDesktop and change it to whatever folder you'd like the app to read from.
• Change Window Size: Search for CGFloat windowSize = 500.0; and adjust the math to make your popup larger or smaller.
• Change Icon Sizes: Search for CGFloat btnSize = 64.0; and tweak the grid math variables to fit more or fewer icons per row.

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License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information. Feel free to fork, modify, and build upon this!