Firetray ======= Overview -------- Js-ctypes rewrite of the binary XPCOM version of **Firetray**. Features -------- * for all applications: * show/hide a single or all windows * restore windows to their previous state, position, size * restore each window to its original virtual desktop/workspace * activate restored windows * hide to tray on close * hide to tray on minimize * start minimized to tray * show icon only when hidden to tray * mouse scroll on tray icon shows/hides * GTK-themable icons * customizable tray icon * popup menu (show/hide indivisual windows, open new windows, quit) * adds `-showHide` option (useful for window manager's keyboard shortcuts) * middle click on the tray icon activates last registered window * for mail applications: * display unread message count in tray icon * display biff in tray icon when new messages * include/exclude mail accounts to/from messages count * include/exclude folders types to/from messages count * count in sub-folders recursively Notes ----- * requires GTK+ 2.20 and higher. * Firetray temporarily unsets the `tabs.warnOnClose` built-in preference, which otherwise disrupts the handeling of the close event. * Experimental non-customizable keyboard shortcut for hiding all windows set to: `accel-shift-w` References ---------- * if you're looking for other mozilla-desktop integration: * Paul Neulinger's [Gnome-shell-Thunderbird integration](https://github.com/tanwald/gnome-shell-extension-thunderbird-integration "gnome-shell-thunderbird integration") * Mike Conley's [Unity-Thunderbird integration](http://mozillalabs.com/messaging/messaging-menu/ "Unity-Thunderbird integration") * discontinued [Mozilla New Mail Icon (Biff)](https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/thunderbird/addon/new-mail-icon/) * [Alltray](http://alltray.trausch.us/ "alltray") launches any applications into tray KNOWN BUGS ---------- * windows aren't restored with the same z-order, but there is [no means to correct that under Linux](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156333 "GetZOrderDOMWindowEnumerator is broken on Linux") * notifications for excluded mail account servers are not disabled. Newmailalerts are [hard-coded](http://mxr.mozilla.org/comm-central/find?string=content/newmailalert) and we can't easily disable them on a per-server basis (only globally, see `mail.biff.show_alert`). The proper way would probably be to disable default notifications globally, and handle notifications ourselves. This is out of the scope of this addon, but you may want to give a try to the [MailAlert extension](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/mailbox-alert/) * child windows (compose message, preferences, ...) are not handled by Firetray. For ex., they are not hidden along with there top-level window. * because of `getNumNewMessages()`'s [strange behaviour](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=727460), it's impossible to display an accurate count of *new messages*. The best we can do is display a biff icon. * POP users should set [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Thunderbird_:_FAQs_:_Automatically_Download_Messages](Automatically download new messages) to see new message. See [this discussion](https://github.com/foudfou/FireTray/issues/20). * some features [do not work well under Unity/Compiz](https://github.com/foudfou/FireTray/issues/22). Acknowledgment -------------- * Some code borrowed from [Mike Conley](http://mzl.la/messagingmenu "Thanks Mike"). * Some code borrowed from [Nils Maier](https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/minimizetotray-revived/ "MinToTrayR addon page"). * kind support from Neil Deaking, Bobby Holley * default icons borrowed from Mozilla and Pidgin