AutoHotkey: Custom Tray Icon Clicks

Normally AuoHotkey Tray Icon only enables a context menu that you can reach out via right-mouse click on the icon. I explain in this post how you can customize different click actions on the Script tray icon - for example add a left-mouse click action and another for right-mouse click.

1. NotifyTrayClick
2. Example
3. See also
   1. NotifyTrayClick() : Notifies when AHK tray icon is clicked | AutoHotkey Forum post

NotifyTrayClick

I have found this solution in the AutoHotkey forum. This requires to copy this NotifyTrayClick function in your AHK script e.g. at the bottom.

	NotifyTrayClick(P*) { ; v0.41 by SKAN on D39E/D39N @ tiny.cc/notifytrayclick
	Static Msg, Fun:="NotifyTrayClick", NM:=OnMessage(0x404,Func(Fun),-1), Chk,T:=-250,Clk:=1
	If ( (NM := Format(Fun . "_{:03X}", Msg := P[2])) && P.Count()<4 )
	Return ( T := Max(-5000, 0-(P[1] ? Abs(P[1]) : 250)) )
	Critical
	If ( ( Msg<0x201 || Msg>0x209 ) || ( IsFunc(NM) || Islabel(NM) )=0 )
	Return
	Chk := (Fun . "_" . (Msg<=0x203 ? "203" : Msg<=0x206 ? "206" : Msg<=0x209 ? "209" : ""))
	SetTimer, %NM%, % (Msg==0x203 || Msg==0x206 || Msg==0x209)
	? (-1, Clk:=2) : ( Clk=2 ? ("Off", Clk:=1) : ( IsFunc(Chk) || IsLabel(Chk) ? T : -1) )
	Return True
	}

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Then add the labels you need following this table/ values:

NotifyTrayClick_201: ; Left click (Button down) NotifyTrayClick_202: ; Left click (Button up) NotifyTrayClick_203: ; Left double click NotifyTrayClick_204: ; Right click (Button down) NotifyTrayClick_205: ; Right click (Button up) NotifyTrayClick_206: ; Right double click NotifyTrayClick_207: ; Middle click (Button down) NotifyTrayClick_208: ; Middle click (Button up) NotifyTrayClick_209: ; Middle double click

Example

In TeamsShortcuts I have moved the Tray menu as Left-Mouse Click action and assigned to Middle-click-> Toggle Mute and Right-click->Toggle Video.

The code looks like this:

NotifyTrayClick_208:   ; Middle click (Button up)

Teams_Mute()

Return 

NotifyTrayClick_202:   ; Left click (Button up)

Menu, Tray, Show

Return

NotifyTrayClick_205:   ; Right click (Button up)

Teams_Video()

Return 

See also

NotifyTrayClick() : Notifies when AHK tray icon is clicked | AutoHotkey Forum post