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

using NotificationIcon.NET;

string iconImagePath = @"/path/to/icon.png"; //For Windows, use the ".ico" file format. Otherwise, use ".png". Absolute path recommended.
NotifyIcon icon = NotifyIcon.Create(iconImagePath, new List<MenuItem>() {
    new MenuItem("Example Button"),
    new MenuItem("Example Checkbox")
    {
        IsChecked = true,
        Click = (s, e) =>
        {
            MenuItem me = (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.