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System Tray

System Tray

CyberSnap has no main window, it lives in the system tray and provides quick access to all features from there.

Tray Icon

The tray icon shows:

  • CyberSnap logo
  • Tile quick-panel menu on right-click (area capture, modes, record, tools, gallery, editor, footer actions)
  • Tooltip: "CyberSnap - Left-click to activate / Right-click for menu" (version shown in the menu header)

Left-click starts an area capture, or stops the current recording while one is in progress.

Icon States

State Appearance
Running Normal icon
Recording Blinking LED: alternates between a red-dot overlay icon and the normal icon every ~500 ms
Recording paused Steady red-dot overlay icon (no blinking)
Update available Steady update LED overlay; the menu header shows the version with the LED (click the header to open About)

Note: still-image capture shows no tray animation; the icon only changes state for screen recording.

First-Run Pin Tip

Windows hides new tray icons behind the overflow (^), so CyberSnap shows a one-time tip near the taskbar on first run:

  • Title: "Keep CyberSnap visible in the tray"
  • Body explains how to drag the icon onto the taskbar or pin it in Windows Settings
  • Open Windows Settings button opens ms-settings:taskbar and auto-opens the nested "Select which icons appear on the taskbar" list (works in English and Spanish; avoids the legacy Control Panel applet hosted by explorer.exe)
  • Don't show again is checked by default; Esc or Got it dismisses and remembers HasSeenTrayPinTip

You can reopen the same action anytime from Settings → General → Startup → Keep CyberSnap visible in the tray (search pintrayicon in Settings search jumps to it).

Context Menu

Right-click the tray icon to access the full feature set:

Capture

Menu Item Action
Capture Area Start area selection
Repeat Last Area Re-capture previous region
Active Window Capture focused window
Full Screen Capture entire desktop
Scroll Capture Start scroll capture

Record

Menu Item Action
Record MP4 Start MP4 recording
Record GIF Start GIF recording

Tools

Menu Item Action
OCR Start OCR capture
Color Picker Activate color picker
Barcode Scanner Start barcode scanner
Ruler Activate on-screen ruler

General

Menu Item Action
Editor Open the annotation editor
Gallery Open history gallery
Settings Open settings window
Achievements Open achievements window
About Show about dialog
Exit Close CyberSnap

Note: the ⋯ button beside the close button opens panel options: capture modes, recording, tools, and gallery/editor sections can each be hidden, and the choice is remembered between runs. Area, header, and footer stay put.

Header and Quick Panel

  • The menu header shows the CyberSnap version; clicking it opens About (with the update LED beside it when a release is pending)
  • Only Exit stays red; the donate heart rests neutral and blushes rose on hover

Starting with Windows

CyberSnap can automatically launch when you sign in to Windows:

  1. Go to Settings → General → Startup
  2. Enable Start with Windows
  3. CyberSnap adds itself to Windows startup

This creates a startup entry in the Windows Registry (HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run).

Exiting CyberSnap

To fully close CyberSnap:

  • Right-click tray icon → Exit

⚠️ There is no "minimize/close to tray"; CyberSnap has no main window to minimize; it already lives in the tray. Exiting disables all hotkeys, the capture widget, and auto-capture features.

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