H.NotifyIcon 2.0.46

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dotnet add package H.NotifyIcon --version 2.0.46
NuGet\Install-Package H.NotifyIcon -Version 2.0.46
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.
<PackageReference Include="H.NotifyIcon" Version="2.0.46" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
paket add H.NotifyIcon --version 2.0.46
#r "nuget: H.NotifyIcon, 2.0.46"
#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=2.0.46

// Install H.NotifyIcon as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=H.NotifyIcon&version=2.0.46

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 Core 3.1/.Net 5/.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 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.

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="http://www.hardcodet.net/taskbar" // WPF
    xmlns:tb="using:H.NotifyIcon" // WinUI
    >
    <tb:TaskbarIcon
        ToolTipText="ToolTip"
        IconSource="/Images/TrayIcons/Logo.ico"
        ContextMenu="{StaticResource TrayMenu}"
        MenuActivation="LeftOrRightClick"
        TrayPopup="{StaticResoure 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 GeneratedIconText="❤️" GeneratedIconForeground="Red">

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"
    GeneratedIconText="5"
    GeneratedIconForeground="Black"
    GeneratedIconFontSize="36"
    GeneratedIconFontWeight="Bold"
    >

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

<tb:TaskbarIcon
    GeneratedIconText="❤️"
    GeneratedIconForeground="Red"
    GeneratedIconFontFamily="Segoe UI Emoji"
    GeneratedIconBackground="AliceBlue"
    GeneratedIconFontWeight="Bold"
    GeneratedIconFontSize="38"
    >

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

<tb:TaskbarIcon
    GeneratedIconText="❤️"
    GeneratedIconBorderThickness="5"
    GeneratedIconFontSize="46"
    >
    <tb:TaskbarIcon.GeneratedIconForeground>
        <LinearGradientBrush StartPoint="0,0" EndPoint="128,128">
            <GradientStop Color="White" />
            <GradientStop Color="Red" />
        </LinearGradientBrush>
    </tb:TaskbarIcon.GeneratedIconForeground>
    <tb:TaskbarIcon.GeneratedIconBorderBrush>
        <LinearGradientBrush StartPoint="0,0" EndPoint="128,128">
            <GradientStop Color="White" />
            <GradientStop Color="Red" />
        </LinearGradientBrush>
    </tb:TaskbarIcon.GeneratedIconBorderBrush>

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">

Native WinUI Context menu

At the moment it is in the preview stage. To do this you need to explicitly set ContextMenuMode="SecondWindow" image

Sample Apps

The minimum supported version of the .Net Framework is 4.5.1.
So in some cases to build the project you will need to install this -
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet-framework/thank-you/net451-developer-pack-offline-installer

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

Contacts

  • mail
  • Discord: Haven#5924
Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
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.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 net451 is compatible.  net452 was computed.  net46 was computed.  net461 was computed.  net462 was computed.  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. 
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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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1.1.6 421 2/25/2022
1.0.18 59,199 1/21/2021

⭐ Last 10 features:
- feat: Added ShowNotification customIcon size check. Closes #11. 2022-04-24
- feat(Core): TrayIcon will create a MessageWindow automatically if WindowHandle is not set. 2022-04-24
- feat(Core): Added TrayInfo.IsShellOpen() method. 2022-04-24
- feat(Core): Added IsPackaged check. 2022-04-23
- feat(WinUI): Added context menu animation support for unpackaged apps V1.1. 2022-04-23
- feat(WinUI): Added unpackaged/packaged app detection. Fixed TryCreate exceptions in this cases. 2022-04-23
- feat: Implemented ContextMenuMode.SecondWindow with native WinUI support. 2022-04-23
- feat: Added Efficiency Mode support. 2022-04-22
- feat(WinUI): Added ContextMenuMode.ActiveWindow. 2022-04-18
- feat(WinUI): Added ContextMenuMode. 2022-04-18

🐞 Last 10 bug fixes:
- fix: Fixed some TryCreate exceptions. 2022-04-24
- fix(WinUI): Fixed ContextMenu double right click animation bug. 2022-04-23
- fix: Fixed Uno build. 2022-04-23
- fix: Fixed issues with Efficiency Mode. 2022-04-22
- fix(WinUI): Fixed missing H.NotifyIcon.PopupMenus. 2022-04-19
- fix(WinUI): Fixed GeneratedIcon default font style. 2022-04-18
- fix: Fixed bug with auto-centering generated text. 2022-04-17
- fix: Fixed errors in latest commit. 2022-04-17
- fix: Fixed bug with initial ToolTipText value. 2022-04-16
- fix: Disabled workaround for pinned icons. 2022-04-15