Add context menu to taskbar icon

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Plan: Add Context Menu for Taskbar Icon

Analysis

• The application has a MainWindow that appears in the taskbar
• The system tray icon already has a context menu
• The taskbar icon currently has no context menu when right-clicked

Implementation Plan

• Analyze codebase and understand structure
• Build application to verify current state
• Add context menu to MainWindow (taskbar icon)
• Fix implementation to properly intercept taskbar right-clicks
• Reuse existing menu items from SystemTrayManager
• Test the implementation
• Verify with build

Changes Completed

✅ Modified MainWindow.cs:

• Added Windows message constants (WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_CONTEXTMENU)
• Overrode WndProc method to intercept right-click messages on taskbar icon
• Removed incorrect ContextMenuStrip property assignment
• Context menu now shows at cursor position when taskbar icon is right-clicked
• Added proper disposal of context menu

✅ Modified Program.cs:

• Updated MainWindow instantiation to pass callbacks
• Added OnRecentNotificationsClick method to show recent notifications
• Added OnAboutClick method to display About dialog
• Reused existing OnSettingsClick and OnExitClick methods

Result

The taskbar icon now properly shows a context menu when right-clicked using Windows message interception.

Original prompt

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Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes Create a context menu when right click on task bar icon #40

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[sunzhuoshi]

@copilot this solution doesn't work, it just show context menu when the form is right clicked. I need to show the menu when I right click task bar icon.

[Copilot]

Fixed in commit 6dd4d12. The context menu now properly intercepts right-clicks on the taskbar icon by overriding WndProc to handle WM_SYSCOMMAND with SC_CONTEXTMENU. The menu will appear at the cursor position when you right-click the taskbar icon.