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TrayIcon

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

Warning

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.

Example

import { TrayIcon } from '@tauri-apps/api/tray';
const tray = await TrayIcon.new({ tooltip: 'awesome tray tooltip' });
tray.set_tooltip('new tooltip');

Extends

Constructors

new TrayIcon()
private new TrayIcon(rid, id): TrayIcon
Parameters
ParameterType
ridnumber
idstring
Returns

TrayIcon

Overrides

Resource.constructor

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/tooling/api/src/tray.ts#L169

Properties

PropertyModifierTypeDescriptionInherited from
#ridprivatenumber-Resource.#rid
idpublicstringThe id associated with this tray icon.-

Accessors

rid
get rid(): number
Returns

number

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/tooling/api/src/core.ts#L222

Methods

close()
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.

Returns

Promise<void>

Inherited from

Resource.close

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/tooling/api/src/core.ts#L234

setIcon()
setIcon(icon): Promise<void>

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

Note that you need the image-ico or image-png Cargo features to use this API. To enable it, change your Cargo.toml file:

[dependencies]
tauri = { version = "...", features = ["...", "image-png"] }
Parameters
ParameterType
icon| null | string | number[] | ArrayBuffer | Uint8Array | Image
Returns

Promise<void>

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/tooling/api/src/tray.ts#L230

setIconAsTemplate()
setIconAsTemplate(asTemplate): Promise<void>

Sets the current icon as a template. macOS only

Parameters
ParameterType
asTemplateboolean
Returns

Promise<void>

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/tooling/api/src/tray.ts#L298

setMenu()
setMenu(menu): Promise<void>

Sets a new tray menu.

Platform-specific:

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

Promise<void>

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/tooling/api/src/tray.ts#L247

setMenuOnLeftClick()
setMenuOnLeftClick(onLeft): Promise<void>

Disable or enable showing the tray menu on left click. macOS only.

Parameters
ParameterType
onLeftboolean
Returns

Promise<void>

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/tooling/api/src/tray.ts#L306

setTempDirPath()
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.

Parameters
ParameterType
pathnull | string
Returns

Promise<void>

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/tooling/api/src/tray.ts#L293

setTitle()
setTitle(title): Promise<void>

Sets the tooltip for this tray icon.

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
Parameters
ParameterType
titlenull | string
Returns

Promise<void>

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/tooling/api/src/tray.ts#L278

setTooltip()
setTooltip(tooltip): Promise<void>

Sets the tooltip for this tray icon.

Platform-specific:

  • Linux: Unsupported
Parameters
ParameterType
tooltipnull | string
Returns

Promise<void>

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/tooling/api/src/tray.ts#L262

setVisible()
setVisible(visible): Promise<void>

Show or hide this tray icon.

Parameters
ParameterType
visibleboolean
Returns

Promise<void>

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/tooling/api/src/tray.ts#L283

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

Gets a tray icon using the provided id.

Parameters
ParameterType
idstring
Returns

Promise<null | TrayIcon>

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/tooling/api/src/tray.ts#L175

new()
static new(options?): Promise<TrayIcon>

Creates a new TrayIcon

Platform-specific:

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

Promise<TrayIcon>

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/tooling/api/src/tray.ts#L199

removeById()
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.

Parameters
ParameterType
idstring
Returns

Promise<void>

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/tooling/api/src/tray.ts#L187

Interfaces

TrayIconClickEvent

A click happened on the tray icon.

Properties

PropertyTypeDescription
buttonMouseButtonMouse button that triggered this event.
button_stateMouseButtonStateMouse button state when this event was triggered.
idstringId of the tray icon which triggered this event.
rectobjectPosition and size of the tray icon.
rect.positionPhysicalPosition-
rect.sizePhysicalSize-
xnumberPhysical X Position of the click the triggered this event.
ynumberPhysical Y Position of the click the triggered this event.

TrayIconEnterEvent

The mouse entered the tray icon region.

Properties

PropertyTypeDescription
idstringId of the tray icon which triggered this event.
rectobjectPosition and size of the tray icon.
rect.positionPhysicalPosition-
rect.sizePhysicalSize-
xnumberPhysical X Position of the click the triggered this event.
ynumberPhysical Y Position of the click the triggered this event.

TrayIconLeaveEvent

The mouse left the tray icon region.

Properties

PropertyTypeDescription
idstringId of the tray icon which triggered this event.
rectobjectPosition and size of the tray icon.
rect.positionPhysicalPosition-
rect.sizePhysicalSize-
xnumberPhysical X Position of the click the triggered this event.
ynumberPhysical Y Position of the click the triggered this event.

TrayIconMoveEvent

The mouse moved over the tray icon region.

Properties

PropertyTypeDescription
idstringId of the tray icon which triggered this event.
rectobjectPosition and size of the tray icon.
rect.positionPhysicalPosition-
rect.sizePhysicalSize-
xnumberPhysical X Position of the click the triggered this event.
ynumberPhysical Y Position of the click the triggered this event.

TrayIconOptions

TrayIcon.new|TrayIcon creation options

Properties

PropertyTypeDescription
action?(event: TrayIconEvent) => voidA handler for an event on the tray icon.
icon?| string | number[] | ArrayBuffer | Uint8Array | Image

The tray icon which could be icon bytes or path to the icon file.

Note that you need the image-ico or image-png Cargo features to use this API. To enable it, change your Cargo.toml file:

[dependencies]

tauri = { version = ”…”, features = [”…”, “image-png”] }

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. macOS only.
tempDirPath?string

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.

title?string

The 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 Aliases

MouseButton

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

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/tooling/api/src/tray.ts#L11


MouseButtonState

type MouseButtonState: "Up" | "Down";

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/tooling/api/src/tray.ts#L10


TrayIconEvent

type TrayIconEvent: object | object | object | object;

Describes a tray icon event.

Platform-specific:

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

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/tooling/api/src/tray.ts#L85


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