Want to support trayMenu

[daodao97]

Are there any plans to support system trayMenu?

I find xbar can set trayMenu, it's wails version is v2.0.0-alpha.72.

But the last wails version v2.0.0-beta.37 not support it.

[stffabi]

Tray support is planned for a post v2 release, IIRC for v2.1

[daodao97]

look forward for it, what is the time will release v2.1?

[stffabi]

AFAIK there's no planned time frame for that.

[ironpark]

@daodao97 @stffabi

Currently, wails does not support the tray menu, and both the systray library and wails use the main thread, so it is difficult to use them together.

so, I made a small program that uses the systray library. I also created a client library that can be controlled via IPC.

[Remote Tray] -- Local IPC -- [Wails App]

The library automatically installs the remote control tray application in the temporary folder, and after running it, set up IPC communication.

func RunTray(){
    tray, err := remotray.Run("<unix-domain-socket | pipe name for IPC>",
        remotray.WithTitle("TITLE"),)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    item, _ := tray.AddMenuItem("item title.1", "Tooltop")
    item.OnClick(func(item MenuItem) {
        fmt.Println("onclick", item)
    })
    item, _ = tray.AddMenuItem("quit", "Tooltop")
    item.OnClick(func(item MenuItem) {
        tray.Quit()
    })
}

finally, I was able to control the tray menu while using the wails library.

https://github.com/Ironpark/remotray
The library is currently in POC state and has only been tested on MacOS.

[daodao97]

Great, I will try it in my app EasyClash

In addition, I would like to know the difference with systray

[ironpark]

https://github.com/Ironpark/remotray/blob/main/internal/remotray/tray.go
The library uses systray internally, main difference is that the process controlling traymenu runs as a separate process. also, since protocols for all functions of the systray library have not been implemented, only some functions are currently available.

P.S reason I used the fyne.io/systray fork rather than github.com/getlantern/systray is because it is more actively maintained.

[leaanthony]

Tray menu is on the roadmap and already works for Mac on a branch. When we get v2 out the door let's focus on getting that done 👍