How do you make the dock more sensitive to being shown?

Question

The amount that you have to move the mouse downwards to get the dock to trigger is too high in my opinion. I've only found the following settings:

defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float 0

This set the speed of the transition to 0, but does not make it easier to trigger.

defaults write com.apple.Dock autohide-delay -float 0

This sets the delay to 0 once triggered, but does not make it easier to trigger.

I want it to launch the moment the mouse touches the edge of my screen.

Thanks

Edit: the suggested duplicate has no answers that answer this question as addressed in the text above.

Possible duplicate of How can I make auto-hide/show for the dock faster?. — user3439894, Jun 05 '15 at 02:58

score 12 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 05 '15 at 04:13

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Not sure why but with that setup, it feels pretty easy to trigger dock show/hide for me. I found 0.4 suits me most.

defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -int 0
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float 0.4
killall Dock

answered Jun 05 '15 at 04:13

Tuan Anh Tran

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that looks like a Dupe from this answer http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/70598/46541 – Ruskes Jun 05 '15 at 05:02
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For some reason it requires me to drag my mouse/finger down even once I've reached the edge of the screen. The extra drag drives me crazy.
It's much more noticeable with the mouse.
– Rob Jun 05 '15 at 06:08
The second line is unnecessary. However, it does make it feel faster – Kalabasa Jul 24 '23 at 02:43
OMG thank you for this answer, this was bugging me! – Mr Chow Mar 15 '24 at 15:57

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