Bug 2537

Summary:	hide tray when there are no new messages
Product:	Claws Mail (GTK 2)	Reporter:	Adam.Schmalhofer
Component:	Plugins/Notification	Assignee:	users
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3
Version:	3.7.10
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux

Description Adam.Schmalhofer 2011-11-07 17:00:44 UTC

I always have claws-mail open so having the empty icon showing just clutters the notification area. It would be nice if the icon only shows when there is new mail (alternativley a configuration option for this would be ok). 

For more on this topic see "there is no tray-icon in gnome":
http://ploum.net/post/219-the-aristocratic-desktop-part-3-there-s-no-tray-icon-in-gnome

Comment 1 Colin Leroy 2011-11-07 17:08:38 UTC

Seems like a good idea as an option, indeed.

Comment 2 Salvatore De Paolis 2011-11-07 17:25:16 UTC

I'm not against it but I wouldn't use it myself for sure.
The notification icon is also to me an indicator the software is running and plus hiding it would also hide the context menu which I find it very useful when I'm working on a different workspace and I want to do something.

Comment 3 Michael Rasmussen 2011-11-07 18:05:25 UTC

Indeed it would be I good idea, but only as and option. I tend to use it together with close|quit_to_tray I if the icon disappeared when there are no new mail the hole idea behind close|quit_to_tray is gone.

Comment 4 wwp 2011-11-07 18:11:25 UTC

Agreed on that, but as an option only. I see other application proposing the same (disappear from tray when no event is available), and often as an option, which makes sense to me.

Comment 5 Ricardo Mones 2015-04-29 09:58:20 UTC

Trayicon is deprecated, moving to Notification.