NeoWin Plug-In Request: Notification Area Monitor
Quote from Talker on July 13, 2022, 3:23 pmNeoWin Plug-In Request: Notification Area Monitor
I want the plug-in to be able to do the following:
- Toggle "Show/Hide or hide buttons that appear on the corner of your taskbar" (overflow versus show all)
- Monitor messages/tooltips sent by the tray icons and give the user the option to attach standard Neo actions/subroutines to these events
Take Bitdefender as an example. If you hover over the tray icon its usual message/tooltip is:
"You are safe"
However, if you disable one of its modules the tooltip changes in:
"WARNING: multiple issues are affecting the security status of your device"
I want to be able to create (quick) events on those changes.
- Comparing data entered in the variable [TextEntry1] with current messages/tooltips in the notification area. When found, perform a left-click/right-click on that icon.
Take the "Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media" tray icon in the notification as an example. If the user typed these exact words into the TextEntry1 field, the mouse would left or right-click on the "Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media" tray icon.
This function would also be useful for clearing up ghost icons (although global refreshing of the notification area is already featured in one of Asley’s plug-ins).
Taking the Bitdefender “You are safe” tray icon as an example once more. A Window Spy approach with AutoIt brings up the first line below. The more powerful Quick Macros reveals the second line as well:
("" "Shell_TrayWnd")
w "PUSHBUTTON" "You are safe" "class=ToolbarWindow32[]id=1504[]xy=1597 0[]state=0x0 0[]level=0 1000" 0x1005)
I think this should get the average plug-in developer going ;-).
I have approached several plug-in developers I’ve been in contact with before about such a plug-in, but sadly it was not picked up yet...
Maybe David from Argentina, Andrei, Vadim, or anyone else who reads this may want to give this a go?
If it’s going to be a commercial plug-in then I want a 50% discount for coming up with the idea, haha ;-).
NeoWin Plug-In Request: Notification Area Monitor
I want the plug-in to be able to do the following:
- Toggle "Show/Hide or hide buttons that appear on the corner of your taskbar" (overflow versus show all)
- Monitor messages/tooltips sent by the tray icons and give the user the option to attach standard Neo actions/subroutines to these events
Take Bitdefender as an example. If you hover over the tray icon its usual message/tooltip is:
"You are safe"
However, if you disable one of its modules the tooltip changes in:
"WARNING: multiple issues are affecting the security status of your device"
I want to be able to create (quick) events on those changes.
- Comparing data entered in the variable [TextEntry1] with current messages/tooltips in the notification area. When found, perform a left-click/right-click on that icon.
Take the "Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media" tray icon in the notification as an example. If the user typed these exact words into the TextEntry1 field, the mouse would left or right-click on the "Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media" tray icon.
This function would also be useful for clearing up ghost icons (although global refreshing of the notification area is already featured in one of Asley’s plug-ins).
Taking the Bitdefender “You are safe” tray icon as an example once more. A Window Spy approach with AutoIt brings up the first line below. The more powerful Quick Macros reveals the second line as well:
("" "Shell_TrayWnd")
w "PUSHBUTTON" "You are safe" "class=ToolbarWindow32[]id=1504[]xy=1597 0[]state=0x0 0[]level=0 1000" 0x1005)
I think this should get the average plug-in developer going ;-).
I have approached several plug-in developers I’ve been in contact with before about such a plug-in, but sadly it was not picked up yet...
Maybe David from Argentina, Andrei, Vadim, or anyone else who reads this may want to give this a go?
If it’s going to be a commercial plug-in then I want a 50% discount for coming up with the idea, haha ;-).
Quote from DaviddeArgentina on July 14, 2022, 7:58 pmI am looking for some stuff about taskbars.
I guess this development has potential.
Tell me if i'm on the right trackhttps://aplicaciones.xp3.biz/neobook/taskbar.zip
Cheers,
David de Argentina
I am looking for some stuff about taskbars.
I guess this development has potential.
Tell me if i'm on the right track
https://aplicaciones.xp3.biz/neobook/taskbar.zip
Cheers,
David de Argentina
Quote from Talker on July 14, 2022, 9:44 pmHi David,
Your executable can be a nice concept for creating all kinds of toolbars (one right above the taskbar or on top of the screen for instance).
However, I'm after something else.
My main objective is:
- detect changing tooltips (messages) of system tray icons.
- make my app click on a specific tray icon (when the user has typed the exact name of its current tooltip/message in a TextEntry field, probably by making that tooltip a variable).
Hi David,
Your executable can be a nice concept for creating all kinds of toolbars (one right above the taskbar or on top of the screen for instance).
However, I'm after something else.
My main objective is:
- detect changing tooltips (messages) of system tray icons.
- make my app click on a specific tray icon (when the user has typed the exact name of its current tooltip/message in a TextEntry field, probably by making that tooltip a variable).