System Tray Icons

[DavidRaveloU]

What is the request?.
I would like to request the addition of an option to view and interact with the hidden icons in the System Tray.

Why is it useful?
This feature would make it more convenient to access and manage the icons that are currently hidden in the System Tray.

How could it be implemented?
One possible implementation could be to add a toggle or expandable section in the System Tray that reveals all hidden icons and makes them clickable

[amnweb]

That would be nice to have but I don't have any idea how to access the system tray on Windows 11. We talked about this on Discord and if I can remember someone has found a solution for Windows 10 but Windows 11 is problematic. I will pin this issue maybe someone can help with this.

[DavidRaveloU]

I remember that feature being available in a Steam program called MyDockFinder, which lets you access and interact with System Tray icons. Here’s the direct link:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1787090/MyDockFinder/

Unfortunately, it’s not open source, so I don’t know how it could be done.

[im-izz]

That would be nice to have but I don't have any idea how to access the system tray on Windows 11. We talked about this on Discord and if I can remember someone has found a solution for Windows 10 but Windows 11 is problematic. I will pin this issue maybe someone can help with this.

How its done for windows 10? im running windows 10 and would love to see my tray icons there

[Osyx]

I saw that Seelen UI has got them working, using this call, which does it differently depending on win 10/11, like you said.

It is in rust, but tells us that 1. it is possible, 2. for Win 11 you can use Windows.UI.Composition.DesktopWindowContentBridge to access the tasks via the handle TopLevelWindowForOverflowXamlIsland using user32.FindWindowExA.

Might help somehow!

[amnweb]

I saw that Seelen UI has got them working, using this call, which does it differently depending on win 10/11, like you said.

It is in rust, but tells us that 1. it is possible, 2. for Win 11 you can use Windows.UI.Composition.DesktopWindowContentBridge to access the tasks via the handle TopLevelWindowForOverflowXamlIsland using user32.FindWindowExA.

Might help somehow!

This is better, but someone needs to look at this, maybe we can make same in Python
https://github.com/cairoshell/ManagedShell/tree/master/src/ManagedShell.WindowsTray

Also discord post
https://discord.com/channels/898554690126630914/1001847171861196800/1309219183426273353