# tray A `Tray` represents an icon in operating system's notification area, it is usually attached with a context menu. ```javascript var app = require('app'); var Menu = require('menu'); var Tray = require('tray'); var appIcon = null; app.on('ready', function(){ appIcon = new Tray('/path/to/my/icon'); var contextMenu = Menu.buildFromTemplate([ { label: 'Item1', type: 'radio' }, { label: 'Item2', type: 'radio' }, { label: 'Item3', type: 'radio', checked: true }, { label: 'Item4', type: 'radio' }, ]); appIcon.setToolTip('This is my application.'); appIcon.setContextMenu(contextMenu); }); ``` __Platform limitations:__ * On OS X `clicked` event will be ignored if the tray icon has context menu. * On Linux app indicator will be used if it is supported, otherwise `GtkStatusIcon` will be used instead. * App indicator will only be showed when it has context menu. * When app indicator is used on Linux, `clicked` event is ignored. So if you want to keep exact same behaviors on all platforms, you should not rely on `clicked` event and always attach a context menu to the tray icon. ## Class: Tray `Tray` is an [EventEmitter][event-emitter]. ### new Tray(image) * `image` [Image](image.md) Creates a new tray icon associated with the `image`. ### Event: 'clicked' Emitted when the tray icon is clicked. ### Event: 'double-clicked' Emitted when the tray icon is double clicked. __Note:__ This is only implemented on OS X. ### Event: 'balloon-show' Emitted when the tray balloon shows. __Note:__ This is only implemented on Windows. ### Event: 'balloon-clicked' Emitted when the tray balloon is clicked. __Note:__ This is only implemented on Windows. ### Event: 'balloon-closed' Emitted when the tray balloon is closed because of timeout or user manually closes it. __Note:__ This is only implemented on Windows. ### Tray.destroy() Destroys the tray icon immediately. ### Tray.setImage(image) * `image` [Image](image.md) Sets the `image` associated with this tray icon. ### Tray.setPressedImage(image) * `image` [Image](image.md) Sets the `image` associated with this tray icon when pressed. ### Tray.setToolTip(toolTip) * `toolTip` String Sets the hover text for this tray icon. ### Tray.setTitle(title) * `title` String Sets the title displayed aside of the tray icon in the status bar. This is only implmented on OS X. ### Tray.setHighlightMode(highlight) * `highlight` Boolean Sets whether the tray icon is highlighted when it is clicked. This is only implmented on OS X. ### Tray.displayBalloon(options) * `options` Object * `icon` [Image](image.md) * `title` String * `content` String ### Tray.setContextMenu(menu) * `menu` Menu Set the context menu for this icon. [event-emitter]: http://nodejs.org/api/events.html#events_class_events_eventemitter