Right Click on Tray Icon

[maloysius]

Hello AutoIt forums!

 

I was hoping you might be able to help me out with a predicament here.  I have spent a few days researching this on the forums and elsewhere, but don't seem to be able to find any specific answers for my needs.  It could very well be that I am drastically overlooking something simple.  Here goes.

 

I am trying to have AutoIt right click on a tray icon and bring up the menu.  Below is the information I get from my taskbar tray area:

>>>> Window <<<<
Title:    
Class:    Shell_TrayWnd
Position:    0, 1040
Size:    1920, 40
Style:    0x96000000
ExStyle:    0x00000088
Handle:    0x00010316

>>>> Control <<<<
Class:    ToolbarWindow32
Instance:    3
ClassnameNN:    ToolbarWindow323
Name:    
Advanced (Class):    [CLASS:ToolbarWindow32; INSTANCE:3]
ID:    1504
Text:    User Promoted Notification Area
Position:    1683, 0
Size:    120, 40
ControlClick Coords:    27, 15
Style:    0x56008B4D
ExStyle:    0x00000080
Handle:    0x00010340

>>>> Mouse <<<<
Position:    1710, 15
Cursor ID:    0
Color:    0x08090A

>>>> StatusBar <<<<

>>>> ToolsBar <<<<
1:    2    Ninite Updater - Last update check: 1/28/2020 1:43 PM
Updates available: Glary, Notepad++
2:    3    OneDrive - Oregon POS
Up to date
3:    4    Dropbox 89.4.278
Waiting to be linked to a Dropbox account...
4:    1    Network
Internet access
5:    0    Speakers: 14%

>>>> Visible Text <<<<
Start
Type here to search
Type here to search
Task View
Running applications
Running applications
HPSA_TASKBAR
System Promoted Notification Area
User Promoted Notification Area
System Clock, 3:16 PM, ‎1/‎28/‎2020
Action Center

>>>> Hidden Text <<<<
Type here to search
Tray Input Indicator
 

I understand that I can use ControlClick to right click on things, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to get it to right click on a specific icon in the tray area.  Is there a way to pass the codes under the "ToolsBar" section to ControlClick...?

Also, I would just use the coordinates on the screen, but I need this to work across different computer environments that may not always be the same.  This is why I need to work with the specific ID of the tray icon.

Anyone have any idea where I can go with this??  I've tried countless different combinations of ControlClick and passing different information through it from the window info tool...but I just can't seem to get it to do a dang thing.

[Nine]

I made it work using ImageSearch on Win 7 and Win 10, without transparency.

But I suppose it could possible also with UIAutomation...

[maloysius]

Hey Nine!

Thanks for the response.  I am trying this out but it doesn't seem to see the icon existing in the taskbar after I make the BMP file.  Is there maybe something I'm missing here?

[Nine]

I got them from the hidden task bar when I left controlClick on it. You need to remove transparency otherwise it won't work.

Local $hWnd = WinGetHandle ('[Class:Shell_TrayWnd]')
ControlClick($hWnd, '', 1502)

 

[maloysius]

When I run that, it opens up the hidden task bar, which is great!  At least I know it's clicking over there now.

Now if I wanted it to right click on entry 1 in the ToolsBar section of the info, what info do I need to pass to this thing?

[maloysius]

Oh and I now see that you're using 1502, which is the ID of the hidden taskbar button, so that's why that's happening.  So if I were to use 1504, how could I narrow that down to click on entry 1 within 1504?  This is the part that confuses me....

[maloysius]

Does anyone else have any ideas on this?  I can't seem to figure this one out.

[pixelsearch]

Hi maloysius
A script found at this link could be helpful, as long as the system tray icon you want to click on got a tooltip (which is common in the notification area). I paste the script below, amended with a few added lines to make it work in case the icon is hidden :

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#Include <GuiToolBar.au3>
#NoTrayIcon

Global $hSysTray_Handle, $iSystray_ButtonNumber

; Global $sToolTipTitle = "Microsoft Office Outlook" ; <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Enter some tooltip text for the icon you want here
Global $sToolTipTitle = "Intel(R)" ; <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< you can enter prefix of your tooltip, no need to enter it all

;~ WinActivate('[Class:Shell_TrayWnd]') ; if taskbar is Autohide

$iSystray_ButtonNumber = Get_Systray_Index($sToolTipTitle)

If $iSystray_ButtonNumber = -1 Then
    MsgBox(16, "Error", "Icon not found in system tray")
    Exit
Else
    Sleep(500)
    _GUICtrlToolbar_ClickButton($hSysTray_Handle, $iSystray_ButtonNumber, "right")
EndIf

Exit

Func Get_Systray_Index($sToolTipTitle)

    ; Find systray handle
    $hSysTray_Handle = ControlGetHandle('[Class:Shell_TrayWnd]', '', '[Class:ToolbarWindow32;Instance:1]')
    If @error Then
        MsgBox(16, "Error", "System tray not found")
        Exit
    EndIf

    ; Get systray item count
    Local $iSystray_ButCount = _GUICtrlToolbar_ButtonCount($hSysTray_Handle)
    If $iSystray_ButCount = 0 Then
        MsgBox(16, "Error", "No items found in system tray")
        Exit
    EndIf

    ; Look for wanted tooltip
    For $iSystray_ButtonNumber = 0 To $iSystray_ButCount
        If StringInStr(_GUICtrlToolbar_GetButtonText($hSysTray_Handle, $iSystray_ButtonNumber), $sToolTipTitle) <> 0 Then
            ; MsgBox(0,$iSystray_ButCount,$iSystray_ButtonNumber) ; uncomment if you need info

            ; 2 lines added in case the icon is hidden (thanks Nine) <=======================
            Local $hWnd = WinGetHandle ('[Class:Shell_TrayWnd]')
            ControlClick($hWnd, '', 1502)

            ControlClick($hSysTray_Handle, "", $iSystray_ButtonNumber, "right") ; <==========

            Return $iSystray_ButtonNumber ; Found
        EndIf
    Next
    Return -1 ; Not found

EndFunc

Also, here is an interesting link to choose which items are shown in the notification area, from earlier Windows versions to Windows 10. Good luck

Edited February 3, 2020 by pixelsearch

[wysocki]

On 2/3/2020 at 9:12 AM, pixelsearch said:

...amended with a few added lines to make it work in case the icon is hidden...

Thanks for pointing this code out, Pixelsearch! Perfect for my need to control the system tray. I just added send("{up"}{enter}") to select from the resulting popup although I'm sure there's a better way.

However, your code to make it work when hidden doesn't work for me. It just says "Icon not found..." on my Win7/64 machine.