Option to minimize to system tray, with surfacing of relevant tools upon successful clipboard autodetect

[jwfxpr]

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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. As a multitasking developer, screen and taskbar real estate is a valuable thing. Having yet another workflow tool such as DevToys open all day consumes physical screen area, as well as consuming brain operations per second to sift through open applications to find what I need. More desktop and application clutter == more context switching and mental input filtering.

Describe the solution you'd like I would like to be able to close the DevToys window but still be able to rapidly access the functionality without relaunching the app. I imagine this to mean DevToys running in the background waiting for some configurable trigger(s):

• A configurable keystroke combination (e.g., Win+Shift+D) to open the window with smart detected tools for the current clipboard content presented
• A usable fragment copied to the clipboard, with perhaps a notification to execute a favourite tool for this content type and replace to the clipboard. (I'm not certain of the wisdom or best implementation of this approach, it would need some consensus and input on a specification.)

Describe alternatives you've considered Keeping yet another development application open all day long.

Additional context Since the user base for DevToys overlaps significantly with users of other great tools like PowerToys and Windows Terminal, let's take care to ensure that any default hotkey combinations don't collide with existing default key combos in these apps.

[C1rdec]

@jwfxpr I just end up here because I was looking for a way to open DevToys with an hotkey in GitLurker

edit: I just finish the implementation you should take a look.

[veler]

Ultimately, on Windows at least, I would recommend an approach similar to Suggested Actions on Windows 11 (22H2).

Unfortunately, as of today, this feature doesn't have a public API we can use.