Changing `NotifyIcon.Icon` for a registered `NotifyIcon` does not work
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Description
Describe the bug
Changing NotifyIcon.Icon for a registered NotifyIcon does not work.
The icon on the tray remains the default app icon.
To Reproduce
using WinIcon = System.Drawing.Icon;
private static WinIcon? GetIcon(string fileName)
{
return WinIcon.ExtractAssociatedIcon(fileName);
}
private static ImageSource? GetIconImage(string fileName)
{
using var icon = GetIcon(fileName);
if (icon != null)
{
return Imaging.CreateBitmapSourceFromHIcon(
icon.Handle,
new Int32Rect(0, 0, icon.Width, icon.Height),
BitmapSizeOptions.FromEmptyOptions());
}
return null;
}
private void UpdateIcon(object sender, PropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
RootTitleBar.Tray.Icon = RootTitleBar.Icon = Icon = GetIconImage(Paths.GetAppFile());
}
Where RootTitleBar is declared as:
<wpfui:TitleBar x:Name="RootTitleBar" Grid.Row="0">
<wpfui:TitleBar.Tray>
<wpfui:NotifyIcon>
</wpfui:NotifyIcon>
</wpfui:TitleBar.Tray>
</wpfui:TitleBar>
Expected behavior
The tray icon should change when UpdateIcon is called.
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OS version
Windows 11 22H2
.NET version
.NET 6.0.401
WPF-UI NuGet version
2.0.3
Additional context
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Research direction
Start at the NotifyIcon registration and Icon property update path, then reproduce the issue with the provided WPF example on Windows. Verify that changing RootTitleBar.Tray.Icon after registration updates the displayed tray icon instead of retaining the default app icon.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100