macOS - Tray icon & minimize-to-tray not working correctly

[bbsixzz]

Version 0.1.0

Once the window is closed/hidden it can only be brought back using the tray/menu icon menu with Show.

Clicking the icon in the Dock does nothing.

[dweymouth]

You can also bring it back by right-clicking on the dock and selecting the window in the context menu. You're right that the correct behavior is for clicking the dock icon to re-show the window but that is currently not possible with Fyne. Being a young toolkit and cross-platform (including web and mobile!) it has some rough edges that should hopefully keep getting better with time.

[dweymouth]

Opened an issue with Fyne: fyne-io/fyne#3845

[bbsixzz]

Alright,

ideally ⌘ + W should also close the window but it doesn't work.

Would it be possible to have the tray/menu icon just show/hide the window?

Just a suggestion, right now the menu doesn't bring much functionality so it might be worth it?

Would you rather play/pause or play previous/next from the menu or have the main window brought up?

[dweymouth]

Cmd+W to close the window I can add. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll get it in the next release as it should be a really quick addition. (Question: should this shortcut only be enabled if close to system tray is enabled? Probably yes, as otherwise it would have to quit the app which is confusing and unexpected.)

As far as the system tray, I believe Fyne only supports showing a menu with the system tray icon and doesn't currently support assigning any other actions to it.

[bbsixzz]

Question: should this shortcut only be enabled if close to system tray is enabled?

Well, a lot of apps close the window (e.g. Finder, Mail.app) without actually quitting, but this is inconsistent.

Many apps that need to stay up seem to follow this convention but I don't know what the Apple HIG says about it.

[dweymouth]

Hmm, weirdly, clicking on the tray icon twice does seem to bring the window back, if another app now has focus (Mac OS Big Sur) but this is probably a Fyne bug.

[bbsixzz]

Hehe, well I can't reproduce it on Ventura 13.3.1 (22E261).

[bbsixzz]

On a tangent,

I think the most macOS thing to do is to just close to Dock with ⌘ + W without the menu bar/tray.

Whenever it becomes possible.

[dweymouth]

Cmd+W to close window (if close to tray enabled) added in b017995

[bbsixzz]

I just had an idea, I remapped ⌘ + W like this in settings and solved the problem natively.