H.NotifyIcon 2.0.105

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dotnet add package H.NotifyIcon --version 2.0.105
NuGet\Install-Package H.NotifyIcon -Version 2.0.105
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<PackageReference Include="H.NotifyIcon" Version="2.0.105" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
paket add H.NotifyIcon --version 2.0.105
#r "nuget: H.NotifyIcon, 2.0.105"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.
// Install H.NotifyIcon as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=H.NotifyIcon&version=2.0.105

// Install H.NotifyIcon as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=H.NotifyIcon&version=2.0.105

H.NotifyIcon

** This project is a continuation of the inactive base project to other platforms (WinUI/Uno.Skia.Wpf/Console) - ❤️ https://github.com/hardcodet/wpf-notifyicon ❤️ **

This is an implementation of a NotifyIcon (aka system tray icon or taskbar icon) for .Net 6 WPF/WinUI/Uno.Skia.WPF/Console platforms. It does not just rely on the Windows Forms NotifyIcon component, but is a purely independent control which leverages several features of the WPF/WinUI frameworks in order to display rich tooltips, popups, context menus, and balloon messages. It can be used directly in code or embedded in any XAML file.

Features

NuGet

NuGet NuGet NuGet NuGet

Install-Package H.NotifyIcon.Wpf
Install-Package H.NotifyIcon.WinUI
Install-Package H.NotifyIcon.Uno
Install-Package H.NotifyIcon.Uno.WinUI
# If you need other platforms, you can use this Core library - 
# it allows you to make NotifyIcon even in a console application.
Install-Package H.NotifyIcon

Usage

<Window
    xmlns:tb="clr-namespace:H.NotifyIcon;assembly=H.NotifyIcon.Wpf" // WPF
    xmlns:tb="using:H.NotifyIcon" // WinUI
    >
    <tb:TaskbarIcon
        ToolTipText="ToolTip"
        IconSource="/Images/TrayIcons/Logo.ico"
        ContextMenu="{StaticResource TrayMenu}"
        MenuActivation="LeftOrRightClick"
        TrayPopup="{StaticResource TrayStatusPopup}"
        PopupActivation="DoubleClick"
        TrayToolTip="{StaticResource TrayToolTip}"
        />
</Window>

Efficiency Mode image

Windows 11 introduces a new concept called Efficiency Mode.
Since, basically, this library is intended for applications to exist in the background with the ability to interact through TrayIcon, the library implements an API for this mode:

EfficiencyModeUtilities.SetEfficiencyMode(bool value)
WindowExtensions.Hide(this Window window, enableEfficiencyMode: true) // default value
WindowExtensions.Show(this Window window, disableEfficiencyMode: true) // default value
TaskbarIcon.ForceCreate(bool enablesEfficiencyMode = true) // default value

Generated icons

Example 1: <img width="15" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3002068/163721411-1388f2b4-a039-4b4a-8114-f74bfc8835ba.png">

<tb:TaskbarIcon>
    <tb:TaskbarIcon.IconSource>
        <tb:GeneratedIconSource
            Text="❤️"
            Foreground="Red"
            />
    </tb:TaskbarIcon.IconSource>
</tb:TaskbarIcon>

Example 2: <img width="14" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3002068/163721399-cbfd0286-d2d4-4b40-b3f3-388c9613f535.png">

<tb:TaskbarIcon
    IconSource="/Icons/Error.ico"
    >
    <tb:TaskbarIcon.IconSource>
        <tb:GeneratedIconSource
            Text="5"
            Foreground="Black"
            FontSize="36"
            FontWeight="Bold"
            />
    </tb:TaskbarIcon.IconSource>
</tb:TaskbarIcon>

Example 3: <img width="19" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3002068/163721367-dc6878df-3ec2-4288-b699-cf664894e1b1.png">

<tb:TaskbarIcon>
    <tb:TaskbarIcon.IconSource>
        <tb:GeneratedIconSource
            Text="❤️"
            Foreground="Red"
            FontFamily="Segoe UI Emoji"
            Background="AliceBlue"
            FontWeight="Bold"
            FontSize="38"
            />
    </tb:TaskbarIcon.IconSource>
</tb:TaskbarIcon>

Example 4: <img width="18" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3002068/163723782-8b135584-8b35-401e-926e-0fe0e7aa801e.png">

<tb:TaskbarIcon>
    <tb:TaskbarIcon.IconSource>
        <tb:GeneratedIconSource
            Text="❤️"
            BorderThickness="5"
            FontSize="46"
            >
            <tb:GeneratedIconSource.Foreground>
                <LinearGradientBrush StartPoint="0,0" EndPoint="128,128">
                    <GradientStop Color="White" />
                    <GradientStop Color="Red" />
                </LinearGradientBrush>
            </tb:GeneratedIconSource.Foreground>
            <tb:GeneratedIconSource.BorderBrush>
                <LinearGradientBrush StartPoint="0,0" EndPoint="128,128">
                    <GradientStop Color="White" />
                    <GradientStop Color="Red" />
                </LinearGradientBrush>
            </tb:GeneratedIconSource.BorderBrush>
        </tb:GeneratedIconSource>
    </tb:TaskbarIcon.IconSource>
</tb:TaskbarIcon>

Design-Time Access

It is recommended to pin the designer icon for easy viewing. To do this, go to Taskbar Settings → Other system tray icons and enable this icon:
<img width="412" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3002068/163700588-eb2ad5f2-45d0-4b6f-ad39-c66f96202cb5.png">

WinUI Context menu

At the moment, three modes are implemented, each with its own pros and cons.

  1. Based on your MenuFlyout, a Win32 PopupMenu will be created that will call the commands attached to your MenuFlyoutItem. This is the default. <img width="174" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3002068/164977047-e8497047-0c6d-4f99-b160-bc1c1a1a6c3f.png">
  2. The menu will be created in your open window, in the corner of the screen.
  3. A second transparent window will be created and used to render the native menu.. At the moment it is in the preview stage. To do this you need to explicitly set ContextMenuMode="SecondWindow"
    image

Availability of various options(depends on the version of WindowsAppSDK you are using): Option | Packaged App | Unpackaged App -------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------- Transparency | 🟢 from 1.1.0-preview | 🟢 from 1.1.0-preview Borderless | 🔷 | 🟢 from 1.1.0-preview Animations | 🟢, but with borders | 🟢 from 1.1.0-preview Submenus | 🔷 | 🔷

Behavior that needs attention

  1. This implementation currently uses the Guid associated with each TrayIcon. The default is a hash function that creates a unique Guid based on the path to your file, because Windows associates the guid with the current path when TrayIcon is registered. The only way to keep the settings when changing the file path is to use Authenticode. Read more here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/shellapi/ns-shellapi-notifyicondataa#troubleshooting

Support

Priority place for bugs: https://github.com/HavenDV/H.NotifyIcon/issues
Priority place for ideas and general questions: https://github.com/HavenDV/H.NotifyIcon/discussions
I also have a Discord support channel:
https://discord.gg/g8u2t9dKgE

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net5.0 was computed.  net5.0-windows was computed.  net6.0 is compatible.  net6.0-android was computed.  net6.0-ios was computed.  net6.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net6.0-macos was computed.  net6.0-tvos was computed.  net6.0-windows was computed.  net7.0 is compatible.  net7.0-android was computed.  net7.0-ios was computed.  net7.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net7.0-macos was computed.  net7.0-tvos was computed.  net7.0-windows was computed.  net8.0 was computed.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed. 
.NET Core netcoreapp2.0 was computed.  netcoreapp2.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.2 was computed.  netcoreapp3.0 was computed.  netcoreapp3.1 was computed. 
.NET Standard netstandard2.0 is compatible.  netstandard2.1 was computed. 
.NET Framework net461 was computed.  net462 is compatible.  net463 was computed.  net47 was computed.  net471 was computed.  net472 was computed.  net48 was computed.  net481 was computed. 
MonoAndroid monoandroid was computed. 
MonoMac monomac was computed. 
MonoTouch monotouch was computed. 
Tizen tizen40 was computed.  tizen60 was computed. 
Xamarin.iOS xamarinios was computed. 
Xamarin.Mac xamarinmac was computed. 
Xamarin.TVOS xamarintvos was computed. 
Xamarin.WatchOS xamarinwatchos was computed. 
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NuGet packages (7)

Showing the top 5 NuGet packages that depend on H.NotifyIcon:

Package Downloads
Hardcodet.NotifyIcon.Wpf.NetCore

This is an implementation of a NotifyIcon (aka system tray icon or taskbar icon) for the WPF platform. It does not just rely on the Windows Forms NotifyIcon component, but is a purely independent control which leverages several features of the WPF framework in order to display rich tooltips, popups, context menus, and balloon messages. It can be used directly in code or embedded in any XAML file. Source code and extensive sample application available at http://www.hardcodet.net/projects/wpf-notifyicon

H.NotifyIcon.Wpf

This is an implementation of a NotifyIcon (aka system tray icon or taskbar icon) for the WPF platform. It does not just rely on the Windows Forms NotifyIcon component, but is a purely independent control which leverages several features of the WPF framework in order to display rich tooltips, popups, context menus, and balloon messages. It can be used directly in code or embedded in any XAML file.

H.NotifyIcon.Uno.WinUI

This is an implementation of a NotifyIcon (aka system tray icon or taskbar icon) for the Uno.WinUI Skia.Wpf platform. It does not just rely on the Windows Forms NotifyIcon component, but is a purely independent control which leverages several features of the Uno.WinUI Skia.Wpf framework in order to display rich tooltips, popups, context menus, and balloon messages. It can be used directly in code or embedded in any XAML file.

H.NotifyIcon.WinUI

This is an implementation of a NotifyIcon (aka system tray icon or taskbar icon) for the WinUI platform. It does not just rely on the Windows Forms NotifyIcon component, but is a purely independent control which leverages several features of the WinUI framework in order to display rich tooltips, popups, context menus, and balloon messages. It can be used directly in code or embedded in any XAML file.

H.NotifyIcon.Uno

This is an implementation of a NotifyIcon (aka system tray icon or taskbar icon) for the Uno.Skia.Wpf platform. It does not just rely on the Windows Forms NotifyIcon component, but is a purely independent control which leverages several features of the Uno.Skia.Wpf framework in order to display rich tooltips, popups, context menus, and balloon messages. It can be used directly in code or embedded in any XAML file.

GitHub repositories (5)

Showing the top 5 popular GitHub repositories that depend on H.NotifyIcon:

Repository Stars
JasonWei512/EnergyStarX
🔋 Improve your Windows 11 device's battery life. A WinUI 3 GUI for https://github.com/imbushuo/EnergyStar.
Hofknecht/SystemTrayMenu
SystemTrayMenu - Browse and open your files easily
FireCubeStudios/FluentFlyouts3
Fluent Flyouts 3 WinUI 3 Edition
FireCubeStudios/Clippy
Bring back Clippy on Windows 10/11!
FireCubeStudios/Run
WinUI 3 Run
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⭐ Last 10 features:
- feat: Added double click routed events. 2023-03-13
- feat: Added MiddleClickCommand. 2023-03-13
- feat: To System.Drawing.Common 7.0.0. 2023-03-13
- feat: Added GeneratedIconSource istead GeneratedIcon class. #48. 2023-03-13
- feat: Added partial macOS support. 2023-03-05
- feat: Added RightClickCommand. Closes #77. 2023-03-05
- feat: Set PackageProjectUrl. 2023-02-27
- feat: Added SkiaSharp code. 2023-02-27
- feat: Updated NuGet packages. 2023-02-27
- feat: Added some SkiaSharp code. 2023-02-27

🐞 Last 10 bug fixes:
- fix: PopupMenuSeparator is missing sometimes 2023-04-01
- fix: PopupMenuSeparator is missing sometimes 2023-04-01
- fix: Fixed missing GeneratedIcons packages. 2023-03-28
- fix: Removed Maui app from solution to fix problems. 2023-03-28
- fix: Disabled DotNet.ReproducibleBuilds.Isolated. 2023-03-28
- fix: Fixed problems with ManagePackageVersionsCentrally. 2023-03-28
- fix: Fixed bug when GeneratedIconSource changes does not update icon. 2023-03-28
- fix: Fixed apps. 2023-03-13
- fix: To net4.6.2 instead 4.6. 2023-03-12
- fix: Fixed #81. DesktopBridgeHelpers now included in H.NotifyIcon.Core package. 2023-03-09