[danbo]

I am making a contact manager for windows and i am just trying to expand on it now.. do you think it is a good idea to have a tray icon so that when its minimized it goes into the tray?

Thanks

[CopperTop]

You should make both a large and a small icon for it. The small icon is used for displaying folder contents with small icons or details. And isn't this the same one that's used for the tray?

[danbo]

Originally Posted by CopperTop

You should make both a large and a small icon for it. The small icon is used for displaying folder contents with small icons or details. And isn't this the same one that's used for the tray?

yes i think your missing the point though, i do have large and small icons but what i mean is normally when you minimise a program it goes in the taskbar as a big rectangle shape and you click it to restore the program, i was thinking of having a tray icon (the icons located to the immediate left of the time) instead, anyone think this is a good idea?

[CopperTop]

Originally Posted by ICeMaN

i do have large and small icons but what i mean is normally when you minimise a program it goes in the taskbar as a big rectangle shape and you click it to restore the program, i was thinking of having a tray icon (the icons located to the immediate left of the time) instead

Yes, that's what I meant, too. There's a Windows app called Tray-It! that will drop the icon into the systray when you minimize a program instead of just using the task bar. My point was that I believe the standard small icon (that you've already created) is what is used for this purpose. Sorry for any confusion.

[danbo]

Originally Posted by CopperTop

Yes, that's what I meant, too. There's a Windows app called Tray-It! that will drop the icon into the systray when you minimize a program instead of just using the task bar. My point was that I believe the standard small icon (that you've already created) is what is used for this purpose. Sorry for any confusion.

yeh it is used for the tray icon