microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
Monochrome Icons to match the Windows theme for all PowerToys apps in the System Tray
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Description
Description of the new feature / enhancement
The PoweToys app has the ability to make the icon it uses in the system tray follow the color theme of the operating system:
This helps make PowerToys look and feel like its built into the OS.
Adding a monochrome icon display for other PowerToys apps that can be in the system tray like Command Pallette (if the user is not using the dock version), Power Display, Awake, etc... would make them intregrate nicely with the system tray items that are built-in to Windows:
Scenario when this would be used?
When the user is configuring settings for the various PowerToys features they can check a box to Show a monochrome icon that matches the Windows theme.
Supporting information
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Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by inventorying PowerToys apps that expose system-tray icons and reviewing the existing monochrome-icon behavior and settings flow. Done means users can enable the option and all applicable tray icons follow the Windows theme consistently.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100