# Actions

### <mark style="color:purple;">Refresh Application List</mark>

Refreshes the list of applications.

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### <mark style="color:purple;">Refresh Active Application</mark>

Refreshes the active application state.

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### <mark style="color:purple;">Bring External Application To Top</mark>

Brings an external application to the top, above all windows

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### <mark style="color:purple;">Restore External Application</mark>

Restores an external application from a hidden state.

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### <mark style="color:purple;">Minimize External Application</mark>

Minimizes an external application.

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### <mark style="color:purple;">Maximize External Application</mark>

Maximizes an external application.

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### <mark style="color:purple;">Set External Application Bounds</mark>

Minimizes an external application.

{% hint style="danger" %}
Requires "Accessibility" permission on macOS. \
\
There's currently no way to request accessibility permissions, you can only [open the system prefrences](/deskifier/deskifier-bubble.io-docs/app-element/actions.md#open-system-preferences) for the user where they can enable it manually.
{% endhint %}

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### <mark style="color:purple;">Start Window Overlay</mark>

Puts a window into "overlay" mode, where the window tracks the application's bounds, and fits the window to that size.

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### <mark style="color:purple;">End Window Overlay</mark>

Causes a window overlay to stop tracking.


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