I've got a Windows Forms application in C# that starts off with a loading dialog. As expected, a button for the app shows up in the Windows taskbar.
I would like to detect right-clicks that might be done to that button.
Ultimately, I hope to disable the right-click or simply have the loading dialog regain focus. I've seen that some people use custom libraries and packages (interop, for example) to achieve some Win32 functionality, but I'd personally like to avoid this. Is it impossible to do without such libraries/packages?
How about just not showing the form in the taskbar by setting Form.ShowInTaskbar to false?
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i got a problem with a wpf application. I got a checkbox to set the window always on top, but when i activate the checkbox and set TopMost = true not only my window gets in front, also the taskbar.
My problem is, my application should stay in front of another fullscreen application. This means, only the window should be in focus, not the taskbar.
I found a solution with hiding the taskbar completely as soon i active TopMost... but this is not a satisfying solution, because the taskbar is also hidden, when I use my tool without the fullscreen application.
Summary:
- setting the application window always on top with my checkbox
- with my fullscreen application running, there should be no focus on the taskbar
- when running without the fullscreen application, the taskbar should be shown without focus.
I hope somebody can help me and thanks for your attention.
best regards,
Simon
I'm not sure if it works, but you can try this: disable the Taskbar-Icon for your TopMost-App.
Another workaround would be to let the taskbar always slide out of view (its a taskbar setting)
I have an ESRI Add-In for ArcGIS for Desktop (10.2.1) written in C# with ArcObjects SDK.
The Add-In includes a DockableWindow. When this DockableWindow is hidden, I would like to be able to flash the DockableWindow's tab inside of Arcmap.exe (NOT the icon for the whole app on the taskbar).
I have not yet found a solution that works. Does anyone have any ideas how to do this? Thanks.
I've already tried flashing via FlashWindowEx, which only succeeds in flashing the icon on the task tray. Passing in the hwnd for the tab inside of Arcmap does not work to flash the tab. In fact I tried EVERY child hwnd for the entire app with no success.
If I had the code for the tab, I would just make it change colors myself, but the tab is auto generated by arcmap.exe when my window is set to auto hide.
I have a form (having Taskbar button shown in Taskbar) and I want to handle left/right clicks of this Task-bar button. I searched everywhere but could find the right answer. There are some related queries posted in stack-overflow as well:
Using wndproc in C# to minimize form on leftclick of taskbar
How to Detect Right Click on the Taskbar
But, nobody seems to have given a proper answer to "How to do" it?
Is there any pointers or code snippet how to do it?
Please note that I am talking about Task-bar app button (please don't confuse with Systray menu or Notification area). I have explicitly stated it because I have seen this confusion several places.
Your application doesn't get a say in how the task bar button is handled. The task bar is owned by windows, and is used by windows to control display and positioning of your application's windows. Basically your request is out-of-bounds in the windows playground.
Sorry.
what you can do is to use TaskbarManager out of the ApicodePack library
Windows 7 Taskbar C# Quick Reference
where you are able to handle such events.
I'm writing a system tray app for Windows (with much info gleaned from this thread). I have the ContextMenu working - you can right click and execute functions that way.
I want to have a modern, rich interface pop up on a left click, however, much like most of the built in Windows 7 (and possibly Vista) tray icons have. By this I refer to the Aero lining, and apparent ability to add seemingly arbitrary controls (e.g. volume slider, network chooser).
I'm not really sure where to start. Is it a matter of creating a "normal" window and restricting it heavily? If so, how? (If it comes down to Windows Forms vs. WPF, the latter is preferable).
For what it's worth, you can display anything you like when you receive the mouse click on your notification icon. Usually it's a pop-up menu, but you could show a window instead.
I am developing an application that will be running behind the scenes in Windows and would like to put an icon in the system tray for troubleshooting purposes (simple way for users to tell if the app is running). There is no other UI for the application, and the icon does not need to have any functionality as of right now.
All of the solutions I have found as of yet involve creating a form. I am wondering if there is a way to simply add a class to my current C# code that allows me to control the icon, rather than doing the whole 'make a form, set it to be invisible....' nonsense that seems to be the popular suggestion on the forums. Something along the lines of the way that UI control is done in say, Swing for Java. I would really appreciate any ideas!
You can do it with a custom ApplicationContext. Google reveals first this tutorial on how to achieve it.
Or you can alter your main Program file not to show any form at all:
Application.Run(); //remove the Form oject from this call
From whatever project you use, why not just create an instance of the NotifyIcon class and use it to display the icon in the system tray?
For Windows Forms:
Form.ShowInTaskbar to show/hide in the taskbar
and use a NotifyIcon to show in the tray