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Firetray
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Overview
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Js-ctypes rewrite of the binary XPCOM version of **Firetray**.
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Features
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* for all applications:
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* show/hide a single or all windows
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* restore windows to their previous state, position, size
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* restore each window to its original virtual desktop/workspace
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* activate restored windows
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* hide to tray on close
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* hide to tray on minimize
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* start minimized to tray
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* show icon only when hidden to tray
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* mouse scroll on tray icon shows/hides
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* GTK-themable icons
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* customizable tray icons
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* popup menu (show/hide individual windows, open new windows, quit)
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* adds `-firetrayShowHide` option (useful for window manager's keyboard shortcuts)
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* middle click on the tray icon activates last registered window
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* for mail applications:
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* display unread message count in tray icon
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* display biff in tray icon for new messages
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* include/exclude mail accounts to/from messages count
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* include/exclude folders types to/from messages count
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* count in sub-folders recursively
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* handle [Exquilla](https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/thunderbird/addon/exquilla-exchange-web-services/) accounts
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* restrict message count to favorite folders
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* trigger external program on message count change
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* for applications embedding chat (currently only Thunderbird)
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* display additional system tray status icon
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Notes
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* requires GTK+ 2.20 and higher.
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* Firetray temporarily unsets the `tabs.warnOnClose` built-in preference, which otherwise disrupts the handeling of the close event.
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* Experimental non-customizable keyboard shortcut for hiding all windows set to: `accel-shift-w`
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References
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* if you're looking for other mozilla-desktop integration:
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* Paul Neulinger's [Gnome-shell-Thunderbird integration](https://github.com/tanwald/gnome-shell-extension-thunderbird-integration "gnome-shell-thunderbird integration")
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* Mike Conley's
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[Unity-Thunderbird integration](http://mozillalabs.com/messaging/messaging-menu/
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"Unity-Thunderbird integration")
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* discontinued [Mozilla New Mail Icon (Biff)](https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/thunderbird/addon/new-mail-icon/)
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* [Alltray](http://alltray.trausch.us/ "alltray") launches any applications
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into tray
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KNOWN BUGS
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* 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")
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* notifications for excluded mail account servers are not
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disabled. Newmailalerts are
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[hard-coded](http://mxr.mozilla.org/comm-central/find?string=content/newmailalert)
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and we can't easily disable them on a per-server basis (only globally, see
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`mail.biff.show_alert`). The proper way would probably be to disable default
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notifications globally, and handle notifications ourselves. This is out of
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the scope of this addon, but you may want to give a try to the
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[MailAlert extension](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/mailbox-alert/)
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* child windows (compose message, preferences, ...) are not handled by
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Firetray. For ex., they are not hidden along with there top-level window.
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* because of `getNumNewMessages()`'s
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[strange behaviour](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=727460),
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it's impossible to display an accurate count of *new messages*. The best we
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can do is display a biff icon.
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* POP users should set
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[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Thunderbird_:_FAQs_:_Automatically_Download_Messages](Automatically
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download new messages) to see new message. See
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[this discussion](https://github.com/foudfou/FireTray/issues/20).
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* some features [do not work well under Unity/Compiz](https://github.com/foudfou/FireTray/issues/22).
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Acknowledgment
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* Some code borrowed from [Mike Conley](http://mzl.la/messagingmenu "Thanks Mike").
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* Some code borrowed from
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[Nils Maier](https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/minimizetotray-revived/
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"MinToTrayR addon page").
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* kind support from Neil Deaking, Bobby Holley
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* default icons borrowed from Mozilla, Pidgin, Tango Desktop Project
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