Minimize to tray should also minimize on Windows close control
Categories
(Thunderbird :: General, enhancement)
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(Not tracked)
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(Reporter: bugzilla-mozilla24, Unassigned)
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(Blocks 1 open bug)
Details
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:81.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/81.0
Steps to reproduce:
I welcome the addition of a native minimize to tray functionality to finally arrive in Thunderbird 78 for Windows. I have been using MinimizeToTray, MinTrayR and its variants for years and when they finally stopped working in Firefox 68, I went ahead and wrote a tool that hooks Thunderbird's window procedure to emulate the same behaviour without relying on an extension.
I thought that I can finally get rid of my tool now, but the new tray icon is not quite there yet: It really only works when minimizing, but not when closing. The main reason why I used those extension and later my own tool was not just to save space in the taskbar, but also to prevent a crucial piece of software that should basically always run in the background from being closed accidentally. Hence there was an option in those add-ons to not just minimize to tray, but to also intercept clicks on the [x] button and minimize to tray instead of closing the client completely.
Actual results:
Even with the new native Thunderbird tray icon, closing the main window closes Thunderbird altogether.
Expected results:
I would like an option to also minimize Thunderbird to the system tray when hitting the [x] Close button of the window. The user could still quit Thunderbird completely by using the File menu, or by an option added to the context menu of the tray icon (my custom tray icon had two entries, "Restore Thunderbird" and "Close Thunderbird" - I think MinimizeToTray had similar options).
Updated•4 years ago
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Comment 1•4 years ago
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I also support the idea of Johannes to set the option to "close" Thunderbird to system tray, instead of only minimizing to system tray.
Pete
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Comment 6•3 years ago
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similar to bug 1679702 ?
I don't see the similarity. One is an option how to launch an application, this is about the window close button not being usable to minimize to tray. Fixing one won't fix the other.
For what it's worth, my TBTray tool (https://github.com/sagamusix/TBTray) has been rewritten to no longer provide its own tray icon. Instead, it uses Thunderbird's own tray icon and rewrite HTCLOSE / SC_CLOSE messages to SC_MINIMIZE.
I'm coming from github and I'm a bit confused. There's no like button here for the devs to prioritize this right? I also don't wanna spam the bug with (me too).
(In reply to Aftermath from comment #8)
I'm coming from github and I'm a bit confused. There's no like button here for the devs to prioritize this right? I also don't wanna spam the bug with (me too).
Up the top in the details there is a vote button. Fifth heading down from the top.
Comment 10•2 years ago
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Also, the minimize button should still minimize. Enabling the tray icon shouldn't change the minimize button into closing the window like it does currently. And the tray icon should always be shown when enabled. It's really bizarre, the way they've currently implemented the tray icon, and inconsistent with nearly every tray application in existence.
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Comment 11•2 years ago
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It's how all the previous community efforts to create a tray icon for Thunderbird worked (including my TBTray) and if that behaviour was up for debate, I'd at least want to keep it as an option. Yes, I want both minimizing and closing Thunderbird make it go to the tray, because that way it won't be taking any space in my task bar while I'm waiting for new mail to arrive.
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