Minimize to tray

[KoalaBear84]

Minimize to tray by right clicking the minimize button

[indierawk2k2]

Thank you for the suggestion.

Would you want this for all windows every time the minimize button is clicked or only for certain apps or documents? For apps with multiple instances, would you want each instance to have a separate notification icon?

[KoalaBear84]

For all minimize, but only when right clicking. And every real windows a real icon I think, or it could be an option if possible. I don't know if this is going to be some sort of PowerToys application when released. Because when you do this for browsers and you have 30 tabs open you get 30 icons 😁. But if you have 2 browser windows it would be 2 icons x but you have to minimize then 1 by 1 also.

[crutkas]

@KoalaBear84 With at least Windows 10 version 1909, there is a setting in Taskbar that does help reduce the noise.


I have multiple Chrome and Edge windows open along with a bunch of other stuff. Everything for me is pretty compact.

Does this solve the issue?d

[KoalaBear84]

I always explicitly use the combine if full because I like to see the titles, for example which folder of explorer is open.

I really like to right click a minimize button to get it to go-to the tray area. 😇

[twig]

I'd love for this to be a powertoy

[jaybi4]

I'd love this feature.

As an example, I have some PWAs installed that I use very often (YouTube Music, Outlook Webmail). However they are minimized most of the time. By minimizing to system tray it would free up space from the taskbar.

There is already an existing open source project doing this: RBTray

[KoalaBear84]

Great. RBTray indeed still works, I've used it in the past. Also PowerMenu, but that one is not working as expected and didn't try RBTray anymore. Thanks!

[MFlisar]

If this feature is added one day, I'd suggest to also add a feature that allows to start an app minimized to tray - very useful for auto start apps that you just want to start in a minimized to tray state

[dzigner]

RBTray does not work with all programs - opera etc.
I would like to have this added to PowerToys.

[crutkas]

From #14273 @jfrgagnon with some useful sites

It would be nice to add a "minimizer to systray" fonctions that would be a mixedup between MinimizeToTray that let you choose your keyboard shortcuts and 4t Tray Minimizer that let you see the apps icons in the systray.