Is it possible to create a Window which "points" to the system tray icon which was clicked to invoke it? I don't know what the arrow is called so I am attaching a picture to make myself clearer. WPF does not support notification icons so the system tray icon is created using System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon.
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I'm making a desktop mascot with unity, and I do not want to see the icon appearing on the task bar, I want the icon in the system tray. Is there a way to do this?
PS: This is NOT a windows form (it's a game), so I believe Form.ShowInTaskbar will not work.
I've never programmed in Unity, but I'm assuming you are working in a Windows window. If you make the top level window for the application not appear in the main area of the Taskbar, make the window a "Tool Window" (by setting the WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW extended style on the window), then the window/app will not show up on the taskbar.
I'll leave it to someone how knows enough Unity to tell you how to set that style. Here's a reference to start with (on the Windows side, not the Unity side): Managing Taskbar Buttons
I created one tray application. It's icon will be change based on condition.
At one point I want functionality in which my icon should be blink like it can be gif.
I've created a winforms application. All is running fine, also the taskbar button is created and shown in taskbar including the correct icon.
Whenever I move the form from one display to the second display, the taskbar button stays at the display from where the form was initial start.
I also compared the settings with another winforms application where the behaviour is correct. Means, the button is moving/switching/whatever to the active display where the form is moved to.
Hopefully it is just a small thing, but I came not across with it.
It is an OS feature.
For windows 7 there is no built-in support to show taskbar for your second monitor and your taskbar buttons will always show on first monitor taskbar.
For windows 8 you can open Taskbar properties and in Multiple displays settings, check Show taskbar on all displays and then set the value of Show taskbar bottons on: to Taskbar where window is open
I've created a system tray application using c#. And it is running successfully. Now the problem is, a notification window that has to be popped up when a particular event occurs(Not with a new icon but for the same icon which present in the notification area). The notification should last for few seconds and the notification area icon's colour should be changed till the window disappears.
Please suggest solutions. Thanks for helping!!!
If you use the class NotifyIcon you can set the Icon property:
notifyIcon.Icon = <Some Icon> (ex. Properties.Resources.IconRed, if in your resources).
I am making my own taskbar which will replace the default windows one. How do I get a list of everything that is in the system tray (notification area)?
FindWindow with the classname Shell_TrayWnd can get you this information. Here are two sample C++ projects
http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/gigo/311/winprog/shellico.txt
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/applications/ShellTrayInfo.aspx
If you are trying to create an icon in the notification area (usually near the clock in the taskbar), see the NotifyIcon class. The docs have an example for creating a notification icon with a context menu.