System tray operation
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System tray operation

may be run as an icon in the system tray. This icon allows one-click activation of , and provides both control and status indication of alarm monitoring. A normal icon indicates that alarms are being monitored, while a gray icon indicates that alarms are not being monitored.

If you hover the mouse cursor over the system tray icon, a summary of the first few message alarms due in the next 24 hours are displayed as a tooltip. You can switch this feature off, or configure the number of alarms to display and their format, in the Preferences dialog.

Left click on the system tray icon to toggle between displaying and hiding the main window.

Right click on the system tray icon to display its context menu:

Enable Alarms

Enables monitoring of alarms. This option only appears if alarms are currently disabled.

See Enabling and disabling alarms for details.

Disable Alarms

Disables monitoring of alarms. This option only appears if alarms are currently enabled.

See Enabling and disabling alarms for details.

New Alarm...

Opens the alarm edit dialog to create a new alarm.

New Alarm From Template

Displays the list of alarm templates in a menu. When you select one, the alarm edit dialog is opened, preset with that template's details.

Configure ...

Displays the preferences dialog.

The preferences dialog is described in Configuring . It includes options relating to the system tray icon.

Restore / Minimize

Restores or minimizes the main window.

This option is only available if the run mode is “continuous”. (See Configuring for a description of run modes.)

Quit

Closes the system tray icon.

In “continuous” run mode only, it also closes all main windows. It has no effect on the monitoring of alarms by the alarm daemon, if you have deselected Disable alarms while not running in the Preferences dialog.

Displaying in the system tray

You must be running the desktop or another suitable window manager in order to display in the system tray. If is running in “continuous” mode, the system tray icon is always displayed. These instructions apply only to “on-demand” mode. (See Configuring for a description of run modes.)

To display in the system tray, select View->Show in System Tray.

To remove from the system tray, do one of the following:

  • Select View->Hide from System Tray.

  • Right click on the system tray icon and choose Quit from the context menu.

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