Spacers and Custom Spacers#

Spacers add gaps between apps in the Dock, so you can group your apps into sections.

Standard spacers#

In the editor's Apps section, click Spacer and choose:

• Large Spacer — A gap the size of an app icon
• Small Spacer — A narrower gap

Drag the spacer to where you want the gap.

Custom Spacers#

A Custom Spacer is a named spacer with its own icon. Use it as a visual section divider, for example a label that reads DEVELOP or COMMS.

1. Click Spacer → Custom Spacer to open Custom Spacers
2. Click Create Your First, or Create New if you already have some

3. Choose how to create the icon:

   • Create Icon — Choose a background color and enter a text label
   • Upload Icon — Select a PNG image to use as the icon. A square image works best.
4. Design the icon, give the spacer a name, and click Create

When you design a text icon you can set the Label, Background, padding (None, Standard, Large), text size (Auto, Small, Large), and a border (None, Thin, Bold). A preview shows how the icon will look in the Dock.

Your existing Custom Spacers are listed under Your Custom Spacers, so you can reuse one in several presets.

Edit or remove#

Click Edit custom spacer on the spacer's row to change it, then click Save.

When you remove a Custom Spacer from a preset, DockFlow asks whether to Remove from Preset Only or Delete App File Too.

macOS Tahoe#

On macOS 26 Tahoe, the Dock clips icons into a rounded square:

• An uploaded image is clipped to that shape.
• Transparent icons get a gray background from macOS, so a spacer cannot be invisible.
• Spacers created before Tahoe are regenerated with the new shape when you edit and save them.