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Key: RAD-131
Type: New Feature New Feature
Status: Closed Closed
Resolution: Fixed
Priority: Minor Minor
Assignee: Latif Khalifa
Reporter: Henri Beauchamp
Votes: 0
Watchers: 1
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Radegast

Add an optional system tray icon and allow to minimize to the tray

Created: 19/Mar/10 01:58 AM   Updated: 04/Apr/10 03:02 PM
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: 1.16


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The reason why I (and many people) use a text-only client to log into SL is because I need my avatar to be present on the grid (for customers support, for example), even when I'm not actually active on it, which means that the text client in question is always running on my system.
I'm currently using OMV light despite its bugs because it allows something Radegast doesn't allow: it got a system tray icon and can be (de)minimized to the system tray by clicking on that icon, removing the clutter of a permanent entry in the task bar (I don't want "background" applications to show in the task bar).

So, could you please add an option to:
1.- add a system tray icon for any running instance of Radegast.
2.- Allow to minimize any instance to the system tray (removing the entry from the task bar when minimized in this way).

Thank you !



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Latif Khalifa added a comment - 19/Mar/10 07:52 AM
Added as "minimize to system trey" option.

Henri Beauchamp added a comment - 19/Mar/10 12:24 PM
That's what I call a fast reaction !

However, I tried the latest nighty build (1.15.528) and while I can indeed find the "Minimize to system trey" (note that it should spell "tray", not "trey"), it does nothing at all, even after a restart of Radegast (using Mono under Linux. I also tried under Windows XP in a VirtualBox session but here Radegast simply crashes on start-up)...


Latif Khalifa added a comment - 19/Mar/10 01:06 PM
I just tested the build on Win XP where it worked fine. Do you have the latest .net 3.5 installed on that VM?
Works on my Win7 desktop to, and my Ubuntu Linux box running Gnome.
What linux distro are you on? And could you try with Gnome desktop where it's most likely to work with mono well.

Latif Khalifa added a comment - 19/Mar/10 01:08 PM
And thanks for the spelling tip, /me goes changes

Henri Beauchamp added a comment - 19/Mar/10 01:32 PM
I tried with both Mandriva 2009.0 and Mandriva 2010.0 (both using a Gnome desktop and its system tray applet), both failing to register the tray icon for Radegast (while working just fine with OMV light, which is also a Mono application)...

Note that I also got many troubles with Radegast under Mandriva 2010.0 (Mono v2.4.2.3): opening another issue for it.

As for Windows, you are right, the VM I used it under had .NET 2.0 installed. I tried with another VM and .NET 3.5 and there, it works fine.


Latif Khalifa added a comment - 02/Apr/10 03:41 AM
Please see RAD-134, about my inability to fully support every feature on Linux.

Henri Beauchamp added a comment - 04/Apr/10 03:02 PM
Perhaps could you have a look at OMV-light sources and see how they coded this feature, since it does work in it...