How do I disable my application from participating in the ⌘+tab cycle on macOS?

Question

I'm trying to write a small utility that attaches itself to the current main/key window. I've managed to make sure that the window cannot become key or main window, but it still shows up in the list of active applications when I use ⌘+tab .

The application should still be in the dock (so you can quit it and do other interactions), but I would rather that it didn't show up in the application list when pressing ⌘+tab .

I thought I had the answer when I discovered NSApplicationPresentationDisableProcessSwitching , but alas, that's system wide(!) which is certainly is not what I want.

Answer 1

Add "Application is an agent (UIElement)" to the Info.plist (raw key: NSUIElement ) to remove yourself from the dock. Then create a status bar item ( NSStatusItem ) to hold your menu.