Multiple icons appearing in tray for multiple windows about mintrayr HOT 4 OPEN

Hi,
I am currently thinking about minimizing windows other than the main window for a future addon.
I have three choices:

• No minimization in the systray (yours)
• Minimization with a dedicated icon
• Minimization and possibility of reopening from the context menu related to the main icon in the systray.

The simplest is the first and it is also the one that I privileged for the moment.
Your remarks will be taken into account in the future addon.

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I stand with variant "Minimize only main window to the tray", because whole idea of this plugin is to keep Thunderbird running when you are NOT using it's interface for reading/writing of emails or tasks. So, If you composing a letter and decided to switch to other activities for some time, use Save to Drafts and then minimize Thunderbird to hide it.

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Thank you, ysard! :)

The application that I've seen this do well is Microsoft Outlook. At least, years ago when I still used it. I don't know about recent versions. But back then it only had one icon in the systray. I think it didn't even disappear when the application was open - it was just there permanently while the process was running. And it changed appearance depending on whether you had unread mail or not. Thunderbird also has an option to show a systray icon when a new email has arrived, but it's separate from this icon. I don't know if they can be easily merged.

P.S. Fun fact - did you know that the correct name for systray is "the notification area"? :)

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I have encountered this issue once on Linux too. It is a common problem which was present also in other systemtotray addons.

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