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Q: Will Thunderbird get a “minimize to tray” option?

A: This feature exists on Windows, but we regularly hear from our #Linux users they want it too. The problem is that the concept of “tray” on Linux is not a consistent or standardized thing. But how about a workaround? If you're on Linux, check out a Flatpak app called "Birdtray:" flathub.org/apps/details/com.u…

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in reply to Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox

Daniel Smith
Daniel Smith
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What I’d really like is to have a way for Thunderbird to launch in the background at startup/login and provide notifications, without having to launch it manually or have the main window pop up automatically just as I’m starting to do something. That could mean a tray icon, but for Linux I think perhaps a daemon/service could fulfill the same use case and be more consistent across distros.
in reply to Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox

Loukas Stamellos
Loukas Stamellos
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freedesktop.org does have specifications for tray and tray icons that should work in every conforming DE.
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