<Window
x:Class="Samples.ShowcaseWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:tb="http://www.hardcodet.net/taskbar"
xmlns:sys="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"
Title="WPF NotifyIcon"
Height="874"
Width="936.387"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
mc:Ignorable="d"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:Samples"
xmlns:Commands="clr-namespace:Samples.Commands"
MinWidth="750"
MinHeight="800"
ResizeMode="NoResize">
<Window.Resources>
<BooleanToVisibilityConverter
x:Key="BooleanToVisibilityConverter" />
<ObjectDataProvider
MethodName="GetValues"
ObjectType="{x:Type sys:Enum}"
x:Key="ActivationModes">
<ObjectDataProvider.MethodParameters>
<x:Type
TypeName="tb:PopupActivationMode" />
</ObjectDataProvider.MethodParameters>
</ObjectDataProvider>
</Window.Resources>
<Window.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush
EndPoint="0.771,0.907"
StartPoint="0.229,0.093">
<GradientStop
Color="#FFFFFFFF"
Offset="1" />
<GradientStop
Color="#FFDAE9FF" />
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Window.Background>
<Window.Triggers>
<EventTrigger
RoutedEvent="tb:TaskbarIcon.TrayToolTipOpen"
SourceName="tb" />
</Window.Triggers>
<Grid
Hyperlink.RequestNavigate="OnNavigationRequest">
<!--
THE TASKBARICON ELEMENT WAS DECLARED INLINE IN ORDER TO USE DATABINDING
FOR ITS PROPERTIES. IN A REAL-LIFE APP, YOU'D PROBABLY RATHER DECLARE
IT IN A RESOURCE DICTIONARY SO YOU CAN ALSO USE IT IF THERE IS NO WINDOW
OPEN.
-->
<tb:TaskbarIcon
x:Name="tb"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
IconSource="{Binding Path=SelectedItem.Source, ElementName=iconList, Mode=Default}"
ContextMenu="{StaticResource tbMenu}"
ToolTipText="{Binding Path=Text, ElementName=txtToolTipText, Mode=Default}"
Visibility="{Binding Path=IsChecked, Converter={StaticResource BooleanToVisibilityConverter}, ElementName=iconVisibility, Mode=Default}"
MenuActivation="{Binding Path=SelectedItem, ElementName=lstMenuTrigger, Mode=Default}"
PopupActivation="{Binding Path=SelectedItem, ElementName=lstPopupTrigger, Mode=Default}"
DoubleClickCommand="{Commands:ShowSampleWindowCommand}"
DoubleClickCommandParameter="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}">
<tb:TaskbarIcon.TrayPopup>
<!-- the control will be put into a popup with an explicit DataContext -->
<local:FancyPopup />
</tb:TaskbarIcon.TrayPopup>
<tb:TaskbarIcon.TrayToolTip>
<!-- the control will be put into a tooltip with an explicit DataContext -->
<local:FancyToolTip
Opacity="0.85"
InfoText="{Binding Path=ToolTipText}" />
</tb:TaskbarIcon.TrayToolTip>
</tb:TaskbarIcon>
<!-- ************************************************************************************* -->
<!-- ************************************************************************************* -->
<!-- EVERYTHING BELOW IS JUST PLUMBING FOR THE SAMPLE -->
<Grid
Margin="509.567,578.58,0,0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Height="248"
x:Name="Balloons"
Width="405.32"
HorizontalAlignment="Left">
<Border
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
BorderBrush="Black"
BorderThickness="2,2,2,2" />
<TextBox
Margin="125,0,17,133"
x:Name="txtBalloonTitle"
VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
Height="23">
WPF NotifyIcon
</TextBox>
<TextBox
Margin="125,0,17,76"
x:Name="txtBalloonText"
AcceptsReturn="True"
Height="47"
VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
d:LayoutOverrides="VerticalAlignment"
TextWrapping="Wrap"
Text="You should see a LED icon in your system tray. This is your NotifyIcon." />
<RadioButton
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Margin="14,0,0,54"
VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
Width="111"
Height="22"
Content="Show as Info"
IsChecked="True"
x:Name="rbInfo" />
<TextBlock
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Margin="14,0,0,133"
VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
Width="85"
Height="23"
TextWrapping="Wrap">
<Run
Text="Balloon Title" />
</TextBlock>
<TextBlock
Margin="14,0,0,100"
TextWrapping="Wrap"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Width="85"
Height="23"
VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
d:LayoutOverrides="VerticalAlignment">
<Run
Text="Balloon Text" />
</TextBlock>
<RadioButton
Margin="14,0,0,32"
VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
Height="22"
Content="Show as Error"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Width="111"
x:Name="rbError" />
<RadioButton
Margin="14,0,0,10"
VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
Height="22"
Content="Show Custom Icon"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Width="130"
x:Name="rbCustomIcon" />
<Button
HorizontalAlignment="Right"
Margin="0,0,17,43"
x:Name="showBalloonTip"
Width="120"
Content="Show Balloon Tip"
VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
Height="23"
Click="showBalloonTip_Click" />
<TextBlock
Margin="10,35.96,21,0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Height="56.04"
TextWrapping="Wrap">
<Run
Text="Displays default balloon tips as supported by the OS. " />
<Run
Text="You can use custom icons under all OS versions" />
<Run
Text=" (not supported by WinForms NotifyIcon)." />
<Run
Text="." />
</TextBlock>
<Button
HorizontalAlignment="Right"
Margin="0,0,17,12.52"
x:Name="hideBalloonTip"
Width="120"
Content="Hide Balloon Tip"
VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
Height="23"
Click="hideBalloonTip_Click" />
<TextBlock
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Margin="10,10,0,0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Width="Auto"
Height="Auto"
FontWeight="Bold"
TextDecorations="Underline"
TextWrapping="Wrap">
<Run
Text="Standard (OS) Balloon Tips" />
</TextBlock>
</Grid>
<Grid
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Margin="12,543.88,0,0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Width="469.5"
Height="282.7"
x:Name="Popups">
<Border
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
BorderBrush="#FF000000"
BorderThickness="2,2,2,2" />
<ListBox
IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="False"
x:Name="lstPopupTrigger"
ItemsSource="{Binding Mode=OneWay, Source={StaticResource ActivationModes}}"
Margin="10,0,190,10"
SelectedIndex="0"
Height="117"
VerticalAlignment="Bottom" />
<TextBlock
Margin="10,31.7,14,137"
TextWrapping="Wrap">
<Run
Text="If the user clicks on the " />
<Run
Text="Notify" />
<Run
Text="Icon, a " />
<Run
Text="P" />
<Run
Text="opup can be opened and displayed" />
<Run
Text=" that allows the user to quickly interact with the application" />
<Run
Text=". " />
<Run
Text="Unlike custom ToolTips, this works under all OS versions" />
<Run
Text=". " />
<Run
Text="Which mouse button(s) opens the Popup is " />
<Run
Text="determined by the " />
<Run
FontStyle="Italic"
FontWeight="Bold"
Text="PopupActivation " />
<Run
Text="property." />
<Run
Text=" If both Popup and ContextMenu are configured for the same mouse buttons, ContextMenu takes precedence." />
<LineBreak />
<Run
Text="(Note: " />
<Run
Text="In case left-clicks are used, popups are displayed with a delay to ensure the user does not double-click." />
<Run
Text=")" />
</TextBlock>
<TextBlock
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Margin="10,10,0,0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Width="Auto"
Height="Auto"
FontWeight="Bold"
TextDecorations="Underline"
TextWrapping="Wrap">
<Run
Text="Popup Controls" />
</TextBlock>
</Grid>
<Grid
Margin="10,278,0,0"
x:Name="ToolTips"
Height="255.88"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Width="471.5"
HorizontalAlignment="Left">
<Border
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
BorderBrush="#FF000000"
BorderThickness="2,2,2,2" />
<TextBox
Margin="10,0,25,60"
x:Name="txtToolTipText"
VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
Height="23"
Text="THIS IS A SAMPLE TEXT...."
Foreground="#FFFF0000" />
<TextBlock
Margin="10,0,25,93"
TextWrapping="Wrap"
Height="21"
VerticalAlignment="Bottom">
<Run
Text="ToolTipText" />
<Run
Text=" (assigned to property and also used by several bindings)" />
<Run
Text=":" />
</TextBlock>
<TextBlock
Margin="10,29.88,10,114"
TextWrapping="Wrap">
<Run
Text="If the user moves the mouse over the " />
<Run
Text="Notify" />
<Run
Text="Icon, " />
<Run
Text="a ToolTip " />
<Run
Text="can be displayed. Starting from Windows Vista, we have convenient events to display and hide tooltips." />
<Run
Text=" You can assign arbitrary UIElements (e.g. User Controls) to the " />
<Run
FontStyle="Italic"
FontWeight="Bold"
Text="TrayToolTip " />
<Run
Text="property." />
<LineBreak />
<Run
Text="" />
<Run
Text="If " />
<Run
FontStyle="Italic"
FontWeight="Bold"
Text="TrayToolTip " />
<Run
Text="is not set or the app runs under an older OS (e.g. " />
<Run
Text="Windows " />
<Run
Text="xp), the " />
<Run
Text="NotifyIcon " />
<Run
Text="falls back to the " />
<Run
FontStyle="Italic"
FontWeight="Bold"
Text="ToolTipText " />
<Run
Text="property." />
</TextBlock>
<Button
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Margin="10,0,0,10"
VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
Width="147"
Height="24"
Content="Remove Custom ToolTip"
Name="removeToolTip"
Click="removeToolTip_Click" />
<TextBlock
Margin="10,0,25,44"
VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
Height="16"
TextWrapping="Wrap">
<Run
Text="Click to fall back to ToolTipText (sets TrayToolTip to null):" />
</TextBlock>
<TextBlock
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Margin="10,10,0,0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Width="Auto"
Height="Auto"
FontWeight="Bold"
TextDecorations="Underline"
TextWrapping="Wrap">
<Run
Text="ToolTips and ToolTipText" />
</TextBlock>
</Grid>
<Grid
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Margin="509.567,114.5,0,0"
Width="405.32"
x:Name="ContextMenus"
Height="255.88"
VerticalAlignment="Top">
<Border
BorderBrush="#FF000000"
BorderThickness="2,2,2,2" />
<ListBox
Margin="10,0,95,10"
IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="False"
x:Name="lstMenuTrigger"
ItemsSource="{Binding Mode=OneWay, Source={StaticResource ActivationModes}}"
Height="124"
VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
SelectedIndex="1" />
<TextBlock
Margin="10,97,48,0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Height="22"
TextWrapping="Wrap">
<Run
Text="Mouse events that open the context menu:" />
</TextBlock>
<TextBlock
Margin="10,30,10,0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Height="57"
TextWrapping="Wrap">
<Run
Text="Assign a custon context menu through the " />
<Run
FontStyle="Italic"
FontWeight="Bold"
Text="ContextMenu " />
<Run
Text="property of the " />
<Run
Text="Notify" />
<Run
Text="Icon. The " />
<Run
FontStyle="Italic"
FontWeight="Bold"
Text="MenuActivation " />
<Run
Text="property determines what mouse events open the context menu." />
</TextBlock>
<TextBlock
Margin="10,10,0,0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Height="Auto"
TextWrapping="Wrap"
Width="Auto"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
FontWeight="Bold"
TextDecorations="Underline">
<Run
Text="Context Menu" />
</TextBlock>
</Grid>
<TextBlock
Margin="10,10,0,0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Height="Auto"
TextWrapping="Wrap"
FontWeight="Bold"
FontSize="16"
HorizontalAlignment="Left">
<Run
Text="WPF NotifyIcon" />
</TextBlock>
<TextBlock
Margin="12,57.62,15.5,0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
FontSize="14"
FontStyle="Italic"
Foreground="#FF303030"
TextWrapping="Wrap"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">
<Run
Text="This " />
<Run
Text="is a showcase of the different features of the WPF NotifyIcon. Have a look at the used controls and styles in order to see how binding can be supported. For a real-life " />
<Run
Text="example" />
<Run
Text=", " />
<Run
Language="de-ch"
Text="check out " />
<Hyperlink
NavigateUri="http://www.hardcodet.net/netdrives/">
<Run
Text="NetDrives" />
</Hyperlink>
</TextBlock>
<Grid
Margin="509.567,380.38,0,0"
x:Name="CustomBalloons"
Height="188.2"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Width="405.32"
HorizontalAlignment="Left">
<Border
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
Width="Auto"
BorderThickness="2,2,2,2"
BorderBrush="#FF000000" />
<Button
Content="Show"
x:Name="showCustomBalloon"
Click="showCustomBalloon_Click"
HorizontalAlignment="Right"
Margin="0,0,91.377,10"
Width="71.623"
Height="23"
VerticalAlignment="Bottom" />
<TextBox
VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
Height="23"
Text="WPF Balloon"
TextWrapping="Wrap"
Margin="10,0,173,10"
x:Name="customBalloonTitle" />
<TextBlock
Margin="10,35,24.377,0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
TextWrapping="Wrap"
Height="119.68">
<Run
Text="Custom " />
<Run
Text="Balloons are much " />
<Run
Text="ore flexible then standard balloons " />
<Run
Text="tips " />
<Run
Text="when it comes to styling." />
<Run
Text=" You can display arbitrary UI Elements (e.g. User Controls) as custom balloons." />
<LineBreak />
<Run
Text="Apart from the richer UI, custom balloons also provide a" />
<Run
Text="ttached properties and events that can be used to control behavior." />
<Run
Text=" Custom balloons also work if the NotifyIcon is not visible." />
<LineBreak />
<Run
Text="(Hint: Hover over the " />
<Run
Text="balloon " />
<Run
Text="to suspend the fade-out.)" />
</TextBlock>
<Button
Content="Close"
x:Name="hideCustomBalloon"
Click="hideCustomBalloon_Click"
HorizontalAlignment="Right"
Margin="0,0,9.754,10.52"
Width="71.623"
Height="23"
VerticalAlignment="Bottom" />
<TextBlock
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Margin="10,10,0,0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Width="Auto"
Height="Auto"
FontWeight="Bold"
TextDecorations="Underline"
TextWrapping="Wrap">
<Run
Text="Custom Balloons" />
</TextBlock>
</Grid>
<Grid
Margin="10,114.5,0,0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Height="147.351"
x:Name="Common"
Width="471.5"
HorizontalAlignment="Left">
<Border
BorderThickness="2,2,2,2"
BorderBrush="#FF000000"
d:IsLocked="True" />
<CheckBox
Margin="10,35.96,0,0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Content="NotifyIcon Visible"
x:Name="iconVisibility"
IsChecked="True"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Width="155.42"
d:LayoutOverrides="Height" />
<ListBox
Margin="10,77.38,0,0"
IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"
x:Name="iconList"
SelectedIndex="0"
Width="123"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Height="59.971"
VerticalAlignment="Top" ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto">
<Image
Width="16"
Margin="0,4,0,0"
Height="16"
Source="/Icons/Inactive.ico" />
<Image
Width="16"
Margin="0,4,0,0"
Height="16"
Source="/Icons/Error.ico" />
</ListBox>
<TextBlock
Margin="10,55.38,0,61"
Width="Auto"
TextWrapping="Wrap"
d:LayoutOverrides="Width"
HorizontalAlignment="Left">
<Run
Text="Select an image to switch icons:" />
</TextBlock>
<TextBlock
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Margin="10,10,0,0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Width="Auto"
Height="Auto"
FontWeight="Bold"
TextDecorations="Underline"
TextWrapping="Wrap">
<Run
Text="Icon / Visibility" />
</TextBlock>
</Grid>
</Grid>
</Window>
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