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tray

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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 '@tauri-apps/api/tray';
const tray = await TrayIcon.new({ tooltip: 'awesome tray tooltip' });
tray.set_tooltip('new tooltip');
Property Modifier Type Description Defined in
id public string The id associated with this tray icon. Source: undefined

get rid(): number;

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number

Resource.rid

asyncDispose: Promise<void>;

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Promise<void>

Resource.[asyncDispose]

close(): Promise<void>;

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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>;

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

Note that you may 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"] }
Parameter Type
icon | string | Image | ArrayBuffer | Uint8Array<ArrayBufferLike> | number[] | null

Promise<void>

setIconAsTemplate(asTemplate): Promise<void>;

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Sets the current icon as a template. macOS only

Parameter Type
asTemplate boolean

Promise<void>

setIconWithAsTemplate(icon, asTemplate): Promise<void>;

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Sets a new tray icon and template status atomically. macOS only.

Note that you may 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"] }
Parameter Type
icon | string | Image | ArrayBuffer | Uint8Array<ArrayBufferLike> | number[] | null
asTemplate boolean

Promise<void>

setMenu(menu): Promise<void>;

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Sets a new tray menu.

Platform-specific:

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

Promise<void>

setMenuOnLeftClick(onLeft): Promise<void>;

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Disable or enable showing the tray menu on left click.

Platform-specific:

  • Linux: Unsupported.
Parameter Type
onLeft boolean

Promise<void>

use TrayIcon.setShowMenuOnLeftClick instead.

setShowMenuOnLeftClick(onLeft): Promise<void>;

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Disable or enable showing the tray menu on left click.

Platform-specific:

  • Linux: Unsupported.
Parameter Type
onLeft boolean

Promise<void>

2.2.0

setTempDirPath(path): Promise<void>;

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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.

Parameter Type
path string | null

Promise<void>

setTitle(title): Promise<void>;

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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
Parameter Type
title string | null

Promise<void>

setTooltip(tooltip): Promise<void>;

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Sets the tooltip for this tray icon.

Platform-specific:

  • Linux: Unsupported
Parameter Type
tooltip string | null

Promise<void>

setVisible(visible): Promise<void>;

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Show or hide this tray icon.

Parameter Type
visible boolean

Promise<void>

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

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Gets a tray icon using the provided id.

Parameter Type
id string

Promise<TrayIcon | null>

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

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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.
Parameter Type
options? TrayIconOptions

Promise<TrayIcon>

static removeById(id): Promise<void>;

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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.

Parameter Type
id string

Promise<void>

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`TrayIcon` creation options

Property Type Description Defined in
action? (event) => void A handler for an event on the tray icon. Source: undefined
icon? | string | Image | ArrayBuffer | Uint8Array<ArrayBufferLike> | number[] The tray icon which could be icon bytes or path to the icon file. Note that you may 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"] } Source: undefined
iconAsTemplate? boolean Use the icon as a template. macOS only. Source: undefined
id? string The tray icon id. If undefined, a random one will be assigned Source: undefined
menu? | Submenu | Menu The tray icon menu Source: undefined
menuOnLeftClick? boolean Whether to show the tray menu on left click or not, default is true. Platform-specific: - Linux: Unsupported. Deprecated use TrayIconOptions.showMenuOnLeftClick instead. Source: undefined
showMenuOnLeftClick? boolean Whether to show the tray menu on left click or not, default is true. Platform-specific: - Linux: Unsupported. Since 2.2.0 Source: undefined
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. Source: undefined
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. Source: undefined
tooltip? string The tray icon tooltip Source: undefined

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

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type MouseButtonState = "Up" | "Down";

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type TrayIconClickEvent = object;

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Property Type Description Defined in
button MouseButton Mouse button that triggered this event. Source: undefined
buttonState MouseButtonState Mouse button state when this event was triggered. Source: undefined

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

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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.

type TrayIconEventBase<T> = object;

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Type Parameter
T extends TrayIconEventType
Property Type Description Defined in
id string Id of the tray icon which triggered this event. Source: undefined
position PhysicalPosition Physical position of the click the triggered this event. Source: undefined
rect object Position and size of the tray icon. Source: undefined
rect.position PhysicalPosition - Source: undefined
rect.size PhysicalSize - Source: undefined
type T The tray icon event type Source: undefined

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

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