NotificationIcon.NET

A cross-platform C# library to display a notification icon in the taskbar notification area ("tray"). Lightweight package with no dependencies.

Features

• Buttons
• Checkboxes
• Disabled items
• Nested menus
• Updating the menu in runtime
• Destroying the icon from a different thread

Windows

Linux

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Usage

usingNotificationIcon.NET;stringiconImagePath=@"/path/to/icon.png";//For Windows, use the ".ico" file format. Otherwise, use ".png". Absolute path recommended.NotifyIconicon=NotifyIcon.Create(iconImagePath,newList<MenuItem>(){newMenuItem("Example Button"),newMenuItem("Example Checkbox"){IsChecked=true,Click=(s,e)=>{MenuItemme=(MenuItem)s!;me.IsChecked=!me.IsChecked;}}});icon.Show();//Use icon.Dispose() to hide

Building the library yourself

Note: this is not required to use the library.

• To build the C# project: dotnet build --configuration Release
• The native libraries are already compiled in prebuilt/.
  • To build them yourself, see native/README.md.