Hello, is there a way to make a desktop app behave...
# compose-desktopc
Cherrio LLC
10/26/2025, 4:23 PMHello, is there a way to make a desktop app behave like Jetbrains Toolbox.
It's a floating window that can be opened or closed by clicking the tray icon or touch outside?
And I also noticed its not a window. Am I wrong??
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seb
10/26/2025, 6:47 PMAs far as I know Toolbox has a custom, proprietary C++ launcher to do this
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Alexander Maryanovsky
10/27/2025, 11:21 AMWe have
ApplicationScope.TrayAlexander Maryanovsky
10/27/2025, 11:22 AMI don’t know how well it works, but it exists.
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galex
10/27/2025, 1:47 PM@אליהו הדס has a library for that https://github.com/kdroidFilter/ComposeNativeTray
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אליהו הדס
10/27/2025, 2:18 PM@Cherrio LLC Yes try my TrayApp api
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Colton Idle
10/28/2025, 6:45 PMI use Elie's library in a production app! works good! the only weirdness I had is because i don't (always) want my app to show in the app switcher so there was some stuff i had to do to make that work.
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