[Enhancement]: Reduce/close the desktop app to the notifications zone

[stemy2]

Hello,

Almost every messaging app can be reduced in the notifications zone, except Signal. It would be more ergonomic to add this possibility.

Thanks.

[scottnonnenberg-signal]

There's a feature in the app today allowing you to start the application in the tray, or just minimize to the tray. You can use these command-line arguments to start the application: --start-in-tray and --use-tray-icon

Let us know how it goes, and you can give us the confidence needed to add these settings to our settings dialog in the future.

[stemy2]

It works.

[jtbrown3]

Yes, the above command line works, but I hade to waste 20 minutes searching for this issue post to discover the solution.

Please DO add a 'Close window to tray' option in the setting dialogue!

[Tossrock]

The command line flags work fine for me, but I agree that it would be nice to expose this in the settings dialog, or even have it as the default behavior.

[fnordson]

Works perfectly on Win.
Thank you.
However, having the cmd line flags in the release description would have been nice ;)

[DoubyCz]

Works on Linux too, perfect. This should be available in settings dialog in form of checkboxes ...

[paoletto]

not working if installed via snaps on ubuntu

[Mikaela]

not working if installed via snaps on ubuntu

I am having the same issue and found snapcrafters/signal-desktop#4 about it.

[peet1]

There's a feature in the app today allowing you to start the application in the tray, or just minimize to the tray. You can use these command-line arguments to start the application: --start-in-tray and --use-tray-icon

Let us know how it goes, and you can give us the confidence needed to add these settings to our settings dialog in the future.

What exactly do I have to do with the command-lines: --start-in-tray and --use-tray-icon?

Where can I insert them?

Thanks

[peet1]

What exactly do I have to do with the command-lines: --start-in-tray and --use-tray-icon?
Where can I insert them?

I don't know which OS you are on, but on Linux you can generally press alt+f2 and type signal --start-in-tray or on Windows you can second click the shortcut and select edit/modify (I don't remember) and you can add them to the end of the command (within quotes) or there may have been a separate field for parameters, I don't remember.

I use windows. But I can't find anything where I could select edit/modify. Any other suggestions?

[Mikaela]

I booted Windows and it seems that the steps I have done are:

1. Press Windows + R to have the Run prompt and run shell:startup to get the autostart folder open in Windows Explorer.
2. Find a Signal shortcut and right/second-click it and choose "Properties"
3. Add --start-in-tray to the end of the "Target" (or "Destination"? I use Windows in Finnish) field.
4. Press OK and either relogin or double click the shortcut and Signal should open in tray icon.

Here is a Screenshot of step 3 in hope that it helps:

[peet1]

this worked. Thanks a lot.

[avourvopoulos]

With today's update it stopped working:

I am using:

Operating System: Kubuntu 19.04
KDE Plasma Version: 5.15.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.56.0
Qt Version: 5.12.2
Kernel Version: 5.0.0-38-generic
OS Type: 64-bit

[fnordson]

Same on current Windows 10.

[scottnonnenberg-signal]

@athanoid @fnordson This issue is absolutely not the place to file bugs. This feature request issue tracks the work to promote the tray icon to a fully-supported feature, present in the Preferences dialog.

[avourvopoulos]

@athanoid @fnordson This issue is absolutely not the place to file bugs. This feature request issue tracks the work to promote the tray icon to a fully-supported feature, present in the Preferences dialog.

Sorry, it's moved now here: #4096

[hubyhuby]

Worked for me on Ubuntu. This should be default behaviour. With a check box to deactivate eventually.

[stemy2]

It doesn't work anymore for me, the arguments which were supposed to create a tray icon are ignored.

EDIT: Nevermind, they were placed in the wrong order.

[stemy2]

The app have been upgraded from 1.4 to 5.0, but the functionality hasn't been yet implemented. Actually, there's not any visible change despite the big version leap.

[stale]

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.

[stemy2]

Are you still planning to implement it ?

[indutny-signal]

This is on our radar, but we don't have any estimates for the completion of it yet. Thanks!

[hubyhuby]

The option in command line

There's a feature in the app today allowing you to start the application in the tray, or just minimize to the tray. You can use these command-line arguments to start the application: --start-in-tray and --use-tray-icon

Let us know how it goes, and you can give us the confidence needed to add these settings to our settings dialog in the future.

Please add it as a default behaviour on the shortcut after installation. With a tick as suggested to remove it. But I believe the essence of any chat app is to be running in the tray ;)
Works perfectly fine on my 3 ubuntu mate 18.04 and 20.04 for 6 monthes now .
The only reason for me you wouldn t want it in the tray/background is that it is set to use too much cache (800MB vs 300Mb skype. See #4054 (comment)).

[elypter2]

it works on signal 5.23.0
Operating System: EndeavourOS
KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.87.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.14.16-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 7.1 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD RENOIR

[stemy2]

It's not possible anymore to modify the arguments of the desktop file command line. If i try, it says that i do not have the permissions. I think more than ever you should definitely add it in the app options. But i opened the ticket 6 years ago and we still waiting for the feature, i wonder if you ever planned to add it.

[hubyhuby]

It's not possible anymore to modify the arguments of the desktop file command line. If i try, it says that i do not have the permissions. I think more than ever you should definitely add it in the app options. But i opened the ticket 6 years ago and we still waiting for the feature, i wonder if you ever planned to add it.

On my system it still works . Ubuntu mate 22.04 :
/opt/Signal/signal-desktop --use-tray-icon --no-sandbox %U

[stemy2]

This is what i get.

[hubyhuby]

bonjour @stemy2 ,
I think you are facing a right issue, not an issue with signal app...
I have been in your folder on my ubuntu, this is a shortcut folder...which you "stem" should access without any restriction.

2nd I don t understand what you are trying to do.
Here is the shortcut I have modified in my "start menu"

/opt/Signal/signal-desktop --no-sandbox %U
Private messaging from your desktop