Feature Request: System Tray hide icons

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Hi,

I am using the paid for version Object Dock, and have my tabs at the top left of screen, my start menu/running programs dock on the bottom left, and my System Tray dock on the bottom right of my laptop... and I have hidden the Windows Start bar completely.

I have a lot of stuff running on my laptop, and so my System Tray is huge, even with the icons set to their smallest size. So, when I have a number of open programs, my Start Menu/Running programs dock overlaps with the System Tray dock.

What I am after is a way to hide the System Tray, i.e. put it into "compact mode" or something similar - kinda like Windows allows you to hide unused System Tray icons. A little ">>" type button that you can click to hide, and a "<<" to expand the System Tray.

My only problem with that is that there are certain icons that I want to be visible all the time (e.g. GMail Notifier), and others which I don't ever really need to see (e.g. AnitVirus). I don't know if a "Permanently visible" list could be setup, so that you can include those applications that should remain visible while the System Tray is minimised or hidden.

Anyway, if anyone else has an interest in this feature, please back me up, or please suggest other ways that I can get around this problem.

Thanks and regards,

Nick.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
If you go into your Start Menu properties, you'll find that you can adjust what icons show up in the Notification Area.  Hiding icons in this setting will also affect the ObjectDock system tray, I believe.  You may have to experiment.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Thanks CerebroJD,

Hmmm, didn't seem to work with either the Hide Always or the Hide when Inactive options... perhaps I need to restart the PC for this to work. I'll let you know how it goes tomorrow, but need to work now, so can't restart yet.

I would still like to see this feature built into ObjectDock though, as I suspect that the Hide when Inactive option will not hide the items from ObjectDock's System Tray. Again, I'll verify after a restart.

Cheers,

Nick v K.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Nope, just restarted and all my System Tray icons are there, regardless of whether they are set to "Hide Always" or "Hide When Inactive" through the Windows Notification Area options.

Can I change my feature request to making ObjectDock compatible with "hidden icons" in the Notification Area, or System Tray?

There will still need to be some way of displaying the hidden icons, which is why I suggested something like a "<<" button to expand the dock to show the hidden icons.

Any other suggestions?

Cheers,

Nick v K.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I definitely agree with your suggestion MadHatter...I do not consistently show the system tray because of this issue and I actually only have 4 always showing in my actual system tray...so it is a real nuisance to show all.. all the time in a dock.

I would also like to to be able to change the font color on the docks

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