# Application Dock

> A macOS-style application dock on a liquid glass shelf, with cursor-proximity icon magnification, a launch bounce, glass hover tooltips, keyboard focus support, and light and dark modes over its own abstract violet wallpaper.

- Category: Toolbar
- Frameworks: Vanilla, React + CSS, React + Tailwind
- Dark mode: yes
- Access: premium (Atheros AI Pass)
- Tags: dock, magnification, macos, dark-mode, responsive
- Page: https://builder.atheros.ai/components/dock
- Preview: https://d17nmjscumqk5d.cloudfront.net/builder/templates/tpl_builder_dock/preview-737b90e632de.webp

## Features

- Cursor-proximity magnification with smooth eased falloff
- Spring-style launch bounce on click
- Liquid glass shelf and tooltip that blur the wallpaper behind them
- Hover and focus tooltips with an entrance animation
- Grouped app and utility sections with a divider
- Light/dark toggle with persisted preference
- Respects `prefers-reduced-motion` by disabling magnification
- Keyboard-focusable dock items with visible focus tooltips

## Accessibility

- **ARIA labels** — Every dock item has an `aria-label`
- **Grouping** — `role="group"` on app and utility sections
- **Toggle** — Dark-mode checkbox has an `aria-label`
- **Keyboard focus** — Dock items are focusable and show tooltips on focus
- **Reduced motion** — `prefers-reduced-motion: reduce` disables magnification

## Keyboard shortcuts

- `Tab` — Move focus between dock items
- `Enter` — Activate the focused item (launch bounce)
- `Space` — Activate the focused item

## Common questions

**Which frameworks is Application Dock available in?**

Application Dock ships as Vanilla, React + CSS and React + Tailwind — HTML, CSS, JS and React source you can copy, download or clone into Atheros AI Builder.

**Is the Application Dock toolbar component free?**

Application Dock is a premium component. Anyone can preview it; the source, downloads and AI customisation are included with Atheros AI Pass.

**Does Application Dock support dark mode?**

Yes. Application Dock ships light and dark themes. Switch the preview to dark mode to compare them.

## Get the code

Preview Application Dock live, then sign in to copy or download the source, apply another design system, or ask the AI assistant to change it: https://builder.atheros.ai/components/dock

Every component on https://builder.atheros.ai is also reachable from Claude Code, Cursor and Codex through the Atheros MCP server (paid plans). Component index: https://builder.atheros.ai/llms-components.txt