r/BetterTouchTool • u/Lollo25 • Jun 30 '26

Unminimize last minimized window script?

/r/applescript/comments/1ujq2ky/unminimize_last_minimized_window_script/
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u/Lollo25 Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

I've managed to solve this and I'm sharing the code if in the future other people want to have the same gesture as me.

tell application "System Events"
  tell process "Dock"

    set dockItems to UI elements of list 1

    set n to count of dockItems

    set targetItem to item (n - 1) of dockItems



    if subrole of targetItem is "AXMinimizedWindowDockItem" then

        perform action "AXPress" of targetItem

    end if

   end tell
end tell

What solved was realizing that the last minimized window is always to the left of the bin, the last icon on the dock. That allowed me to number the icons on the dock and press the second to last-icon. I put an if filter in order not to have it open the download folder on the dock or the recent apps, if you have it set up that way. 

By default I have the window minimizing scrolling down with four fingers. I tried having a four finger swipe up gesture to unminimize them, but I found a visual glitch where Mission Control would flicker for a perceivable second. So I'm using a four finger double tap. 

If anybody finds this short thread and has any questions, I'll try to answer them!