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Settings should refer to Notification Area by correct name (not ‘tray’) #15030

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opened 2026-01-31 04:26:28 +00:00 by claunia · 6 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:26:28 +00:00
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Originally created by @idg10 on GitHub (Sep 1, 2021).

Originally assigned to: @leonMSFT on GitHub.

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Settings that use the word 'tray' to refer to the notification area of the Windows taskbar should use the correct name (i.e. 'notification area'.)

As Raymond Chen pointed out almost 2 decades ago:

One of the most common errors is to refer to the Taskbar Notification Area as the “tray” or the “system tray”. This has never been correct. If you find any documentation that refers to it as the “tray” then you found a bug.

See his blog for details:
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20030910-00/?p=42583

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Preview 1.11 has introduced new settings called minimizeToTray and alwaysShowTrayIcon. These should be renamed to minimizeToNotificationArea and alwaysShowNotificationIcon respectively before this feature ships. Documentation for related features should replace all mention of the 'tray' with the correct term: 'notification area'.

Originally created by @idg10 on GitHub (Sep 1, 2021). Originally assigned to: @leonMSFT on GitHub. # Description of the new feature/enhancement Settings that use the word 'tray' to refer to the notification area of the Windows taskbar should use the correct name (i.e. 'notification area'.) As Raymond Chen pointed out almost 2 decades ago: > One of the most common errors is to refer to the Taskbar Notification Area as the “tray” or the “system tray”. This has never been correct. If you find any documentation that refers to it as the “tray” then you found a bug. See his blog for details: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20030910-00/?p=42583 # Proposed technical implementation details (optional) Preview 1.11 has introduced new settings called `minimizeToTray` and `alwaysShowTrayIcon`. These should be renamed to `minimizeToNotificationArea` and `alwaysShowNotificationIcon` respectively before this feature ships. Documentation for related features should replace all mention of the 'tray' with the correct term: 'notification area'.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:26:30 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Sep 1, 2021):

You're technically correct, the best kind of correct. That being said, the time for this comment was before we shipped the setting. We can't really change the name of the setting without breaking folks now. Fortunately, the way it's been exposed in the Settings UI (see https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/pull/11070/files#diff-8dc8472b6467fd19c90a98b3a80ef6d300516ebcb09c43ad38a8ddfc3da74aaf) has already been updated to say "Notification Area"

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Sep 1, 2021): You're technically correct, the best kind of correct. That being said, the time for this comment was _before_ we shipped the setting. We can't really change the name of the setting without breaking folks now. Fortunately, the way it's been exposed in the Settings UI (see https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/pull/11070/files#diff-8dc8472b6467fd19c90a98b3a80ef6d300516ebcb09c43ad38a8ddfc3da74aaf) has already been updated to say "Notification Area"
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:26:30 +00:00
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@idg10 commented on GitHub (Sep 7, 2021):

the time for this comment was before we shipped the setting

I posted this comment 1 day after Preview 1.11 was announced. Just how short is your window between announcing a preview the relevant feature shipping?

Or are these settings not as new as the blog at https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-terminal-preview-1-11-release/ suggested?

@idg10 commented on GitHub (Sep 7, 2021): >the time for this comment was before we shipped the setting I posted this comment 1 day after Preview 1.11 was announced. Just how short is your window between announcing a preview the relevant feature shipping? Or are these settings not as new as the blog at https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-terminal-preview-1-11-release/ suggested?
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:26:30 +00:00
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Sep 7, 2021):

Just how short is your window...

There's a 6-week delay (usually) between features shipping in preview and them showing up in stable. In this case, I do believe that there's no need for setting portability between stable and preview... especially because the notification area icon is gated to be in preview only.

That having been said, letting slip a colloquialism once in a while hasn't always killed a project. 😄

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Sep 7, 2021): > Just how short is your window... There's a 6-week delay (usually) between features shipping in preview and them showing up in stable. In this case, I do believe that there's no need for setting portability between stable and preview... especially because the notification area icon is gated to be in preview only. That having been said, letting slip a colloquialism once in a while hasn't always killed a project. :smile:
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:26:30 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Sep 22, 2021):

This was merged in #11219, but the bot decided not to close it?

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Sep 22, 2021): This was merged in #11219, but the bot decided not to close it?
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:26:31 +00:00
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Oct 4, 2021):

:tada:This issue was addressed in #11219, which has now been successfully released as Windows Terminal Preview v1.11.2731.0.🎉

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@ghost commented on GitHub (Oct 4, 2021): :tada:This issue was addressed in #11219, which has now been successfully released as `Windows Terminal Preview v1.11.2731.0`.:tada: Handy links: * [Release Notes](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases/tag/v1.11.2731.0) * [Store Download](https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9n8g5rfz9xk3?cid=storebadge&ocid=badge)
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:26:31 +00:00
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Oct 20, 2021):

:tada:This issue was addressed in #11219, which has now been successfully released as Windows Terminal Preview v1.12.2922.0.🎉

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@ghost commented on GitHub (Oct 20, 2021): :tada:This issue was addressed in #11219, which has now been successfully released as `Windows Terminal Preview v1.12.2922.0`.:tada: Handy links: * [Release Notes](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases/tag/v1.12.2922.0) * [Store Download](https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9n8g5rfz9xk3?cid=storebadge&ocid=badge)
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