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Asked: 2026-05-15T15:06:13+00:00

Is it possible to add items to the applications dock menu? EDIT: I think

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Is it possible to add items to the applications dock menu?

EDIT: I think i miss phrased the question, i am not looking for a way to add an icon to the dock. what i am looking for is, when you right click on the itunes icon you get itunes control on the menu (play pause etc) i was wondering how can i add custom items to that menu.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Look into the com.apple.eawt package. Specifically, when you initialize your app, do something like the following:

    if (System.getProperty("os.name").startsWith("Mac OS X")) {
    // only do this setup if we know this is a Mac
    com.apple.eawt.Application macApp = com.apple.eawt.Application.getApplication();
    java.awt.PopupMenu menu = new java.awt.PopupMenu();
    // create your java.awt.MenuItem objects here
    // add to menu via java.awt.Menu#add(java.awt.MenuItem)
    macApp.setDockMenu(menu);
}

    If you are distributing this as a cross-platform application, Apple provides an Apple Java Extensions jar with stubs for the com.apple.eawt package, so the code will compile with non-Apple JDKs.

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