I am trying to make my application minimize to task bar/tray
Here is my code so far that I have pulled together from other SO posts and other people seem to have it working but my app minimizes to the tray but when I click it in the tray it doesn't reopen.
private void Form1_Resize(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (WindowState == FormWindowState.Minimized)
{
this.notifyIcon1.Visible = true;
this.notifyIcon1.ShowBalloonTip(500);
this.Hide();
}
}
private void notifyIcon1_DoubleClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.Show();
this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal;
}
just to explain again the problem is the application minimizes to the tray but when I click on the icon it doesn't restore the app to normal. Instead it does nothing.
I found my problem.
what I didn't do was this
Set the NotifyIcon's visible property to false in the property editor. Now go to the property editor of Form1, click on the little lightning symbol to access the events, and double click on the Resize event, and change the code to:
and I also didn't do this
Finally we need the code to make the program show up again when the icon is double clicked. So double click on NotifyIcon1 in the designer,
I found this information here
Dreamincode
This is what I have used in the past but I fund a copy online at the link below
if (FormWindowState.Minimized == this.WindowState)
{
notifyIcon1.Visible = true;
notifyIcon1.ShowBalloonTip(500);
this.Hide();
}
found here: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/27599/Minimize-window-to-system-tray
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I want to use NotifyIcon, but I don't want any icons to appear in the lower right field, is this possible?
Or does anyone have an alternative solution suggestion?
I want to send a notification until the user sees the notification, the visibility will be turned on, but there will not be any icon in the lower right part. It will only appear in the notification panel on the right.
I tried to hide icon.But couldn't.
Set NotifyIcon.Visible = false
alternatively you could use the Windows Toast notification if you are using .net5.0 or higher.
As described on Microsofts site, it only works with specific TFs.
.net6 is given on MS Site, for .net5 you can use <TargetFramework>net5.0-windows10.0.17763.0</TargetFramework>
A workaround would be to only show the NotifyIcon during the time the notification is displayed and hide it immediately after. Here's a complete example:
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
notifyIcon1.Visible = false;
notifyIcon1.BalloonTipClosed += notifyIcon1_BalloonTipClosed;
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
notifyIcon1.Visible = true;
notifyIcon1.ShowBalloonTip(1000, "Title", "Some text here", ToolTipIcon.Info);
}
private void notifyIcon1_BalloonTipClosed(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
notifyIcon1.Visible = false;
}
I'm working on a Win Forms project where I'm trying to create an button to toggle full screen on/off every time i click the button,so if you click once, it becomes full screen, if you click again, it becomes normal again.
please tell me how to do that.
I am not sure about the exact requirements but this should help you.
Add Form1_Load and button1_Click events.
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Normal when the form opens
WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal;
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Toggle on a button click
WindowState = WindowState == FormWindowState.Normal ? FormWindowState.Maximized : FormWindowState.Normal;
}
I am using NotifyIcon to make my form minimize to tray to work at background.
However below code doesn't show app icon at all. Form goes totally invisible. I have to kill that from task manager.
private void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized;
if (FormWindowState.Minimized == this.WindowState)
{
Hide();
this.ShowInTaskbar = false;
notifyIcon1.Visible = true;
}
}
What could be the reason? I want to see my app-icon to re-open the form.
You need to assign an Icon to NotifyIcon to show it in system tray. Also you need to set Visible to true.
You can set properties using property grid at design time or you can set them by code. For example, you can use such code:
this.notifyIcon1.Icon = this.Icon;
this.notifyIcon1.Visible = true;
If you don't set the Icon or if the visible is not true, it will not show the icon.
I'm Currently Working in Windows Application.
I just created a tray Icon while closing the Form, Tray Icon is visible in System Tray.
While Left Click the Tray Icon Form is maximized to normal state.
Right Click Event is not working in Release Mode, but working in Debug Mode.
After Building this application Right Event is not working, the output.exe file from Debug mode.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in Advance.
In form Load
private void MainRelease_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
TrayIcon.Visible = false;
TrayMenu.Items.Add("Exit");
TrayMenu.Items[0].Click += new System.EventHandler(this.Dispose_Click);
}
In button close Event
private void btnClose_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized;
TrayIcon.Visible = true;
ShowInTaskbar = false;
}
In Tray Icon mouse click Event
private void TrayIcon_MouseClick(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Button == System.Windows.Forms.MouseButtons.Left)
{
this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal;
TrayIcon.Visible = false;
ShowInTaskbar = true;
}
if (e.Button == System.Windows.Forms.MouseButtons.Right)
{
TrayMenu.Show(Cursor.Position.X, Cursor.Position.Y);
}
}
Tray Menu dispose event
private void Dispose_Click(object Sender, EventArgs e)
{
TrayIcon.Visible = false;
TrayIcon.Icon = null;
TrayIcon.Dispose();
Application.Exit();
}
While in Release Mode Tray Icon Mouse Right Click Event is not working . But in Debug Mode its working.
Please Help me to solve this Issue.
Maybe this is a dumb answer, but are you sure your release build is up to date? If your debugging in the designer then the release build isn't updated when you run a Build unless you set it up that way. Maybe your release build is from before you added code to handle the right click?
If its not that, does the release build work if you run it from the Release folder rather than debugging in release mode from the designer?
How can I make the (default) Close button (at top right corner) in my application, to work it as Minimize.
Actually I want to minimize the application on clicking the cross-symbol, but exit the application, when use clicks on my menu option Exit.
I wrote this code for minimizing the form on clicking close button:
private void Form1_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
{
if (minimize_on_close == "Yes")
{
e.Cancel = true;
this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized;
}
}
and wrote this code for exiting the application, on clicking exit from menu options.
private void exitToolStripMenuItem1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Application.Exit();
}
But now, when I click on Exit menu option, then also the form is being minimized, and not exiting.
Can anyone please help?
Check to see whether FormClosingEventArgs.CloseReason is equal to CloseReason.UserClosing before deciding to minimize the window. Alternatively, compare for CloseReason.ApplicationExitCall.
From the documentation for CloseReason:
Members
...
UserClosing
The user is closing the form through the user interface (UI), for example by clicking the Close button on the form window, selecting Close from the window's control menu, or pressing ALT+F4.
...
ApplicationExitCall
The Exit method of the Application class was invoked.
Try this
EDIT
May use Resize Event to do it,
private void Form1_Resize(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (this.WindowState == FormWindowState.Minimized)
this.Hide();
}
Then using the FormClosing Event to cancel Close and minimize the Form as below
private void Form1_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
{
if (e.CloseReason == CloseReason.UserClosing)
{
e.Cancel = true;
this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized;
}
}