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tray

Tray icon class and associated methods. This type constructor is private, instead, you should use the static method TrayIcon.new.

Unlike Rust, javascript does not have any way to run cleanup code when an object is being removed by garbage collection, but this tray icon will be cleaned up when the tauri app exists, however if you want to cleanup this object early, you need to call TrayIcon.close.

import { TrayIcon } from '@crabnebula/taurify-api/tray';
const tray = await TrayIcon.new({ tooltip: 'awesome tray tooltip' });
tray.set_tooltip('new tooltip');
PropertyModifierTypeDescriptionDefined in
idpublicstringThe id associated with this tray icon.

get rid(): number

number

Resource.rid

close(): Promise<void>

Destroys and cleans up this resource from memory. You should not call any method on this object anymore and should drop any reference to it.

Promise<void>

Resource.close

setIcon(icon): Promise<void>

Sets a new tray icon. If null is provided, it will remove the icon.

ParameterType
icon| null | string | number[] | ArrayBuffer | Uint8Array<ArrayBufferLike> | Image

Promise<void>

setIconAsTemplate(asTemplate): Promise<void>

Sets the current icon as a template. macOS only

ParameterType
asTemplateboolean

Promise<void>

setMenu(menu): Promise<void>

Sets a new tray menu.

  • Linux: once a menu is set it cannot be removed so null has no effect
ParameterType
menunull | Submenu | Menu

Promise<void>

setMenuOnLeftClick(onLeft): Promise<void>

Disable or enable showing the tray menu on left click.

  • Linux: Unsupported.
ParameterType
onLeftboolean

Promise<void>

use TrayIcon.setShowMenuOnLeftClick instead.

setShowMenuOnLeftClick(onLeft): Promise<void>

Disable or enable showing the tray menu on left click.

  • Linux: Unsupported.
ParameterType
onLeftboolean

Promise<void>

setTempDirPath(path): Promise<void>

Sets the tray icon temp dir path. Linux only.

On Linux, we need to write the icon to the disk and usually it will be $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/tray-icon or $TEMP/tray-icon.

ParameterType
pathnull | string

Promise<void>

setTitle(title): Promise<void>

Sets the tooltip for this tray icon.

  • Linux: The title will not be shown unless there is an icon as well. The title is useful for numerical and other frequently updated information. In general, it shouldn’t be shown unless a user requests it as it can take up a significant amount of space on the user’s panel. This may not be shown in all visualizations.
  • Windows: Unsupported
ParameterType
titlenull | string

Promise<void>

setTooltip(tooltip): Promise<void>

Sets the tooltip for this tray icon.

  • Linux: Unsupported
ParameterType
tooltipnull | string

Promise<void>

setVisible(visible): Promise<void>

Show or hide this tray icon.

ParameterType
visibleboolean

Promise<void>

static getById(id): Promise<null | TrayIcon>

Gets a tray icon using the provided id.

ParameterType
idstring

Promise<null | TrayIcon>

static new(options?): Promise<TrayIcon>

Creates a new TrayIcon

  • Linux: Sometimes the icon won’t be visible unless a menu is set. Setting an empty Menu is enough.
ParameterType
options?TrayIconOptions

Promise<TrayIcon>

static removeById(id): Promise<void>

Removes a tray icon using the provided id from tauri’s internal state.

Note that this may cause the tray icon to disappear if it wasn’t cloned somewhere else or referenced by JS.

ParameterType
idstring

Promise<void>

TrayIcon creation options

PropertyTypeDescriptionDefined in
action?(event: TrayIconEvent) => voidA handler for an event on the tray icon.
icon?| string | number[] | ArrayBuffer | Uint8Array<ArrayBufferLike> | ImageThe tray icon which could be icon bytes or path to the icon file.
iconAsTemplate?booleanUse the icon as a template. macOS only.
id?stringThe tray icon id. If undefined, a random one will be assigned
menu?Submenu | MenuThe tray icon menu
menuOnLeftClick?booleanWhether to show the tray menu on left click or not, default is true. #### Platform-specific: - Linux: Unsupported. Deprecated use TrayIconOptions.showMenuOnLeftClick instead.
showMenuOnLeftClick?booleanWhether to show the tray menu on left click or not, default is true. #### Platform-specific: - Linux: Unsupported.
tempDirPath?stringThe tray icon temp dir path. Linux only. On Linux, we need to write the icon to the disk and usually it will be $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/tray-icon or $TEMP/tray-icon.
title?stringThe tray title #### Platform-specific - Linux: The title will not be shown unless there is an icon as well. The title is useful for numerical and other frequently updated information. In general, it shouldn’t be shown unless a user requests it as it can take up a significant amount of space on the user’s panel. This may not be shown in all visualizations. - Windows: Unsupported.
tooltip?stringThe tray icon tooltip

type MouseButton: "Left" | "Right" | "Middle";

type MouseButtonState: "Up" | "Down";

type TrayIconClickEvent: object;
NameTypeDescriptionDefined in
buttonMouseButtonMouse button that triggered this event.
buttonStateMouseButtonStateMouse button state when this event was triggered.

type TrayIconEvent:
| TrayIconEventBase<"Click"> & TrayIconClickEvent
| TrayIconEventBase<"DoubleClick"> & Omit<TrayIconClickEvent, "buttonState">
| TrayIconEventBase<"Enter">
| TrayIconEventBase<"Move">
| TrayIconEventBase<"Leave">;

Describes a tray icon event.

  • Linux: Unsupported. The event is not emitted even though the icon is shown, the icon will still show a context menu on right click.

type TrayIconEventBase<T>: object;
Type Parameter
T extends TrayIconEventType
NameTypeDescriptionDefined in
idstringId of the tray icon which triggered this event.
positionPhysicalPositionPhysical position of the click the triggered this event.
rectobjectPosition and size of the tray icon.
rect.positionPhysicalPosition-
rect.sizePhysicalSize-
typeTThe tray icon event type

type TrayIconEventType:
| "Click"
| "DoubleClick"
| "Enter"
| "Move"
| "Leave";