fix(v3/windows): show the systray label as the tooltip - #6075
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The docs say SetLabel behaves like SetTooltip on Windows, but the Windows setLabel was an empty stub and show() only applied the tooltip when the icon was added, so a label set before Run never reached the icon either. Route the Windows setLabel through setTooltip, fall back to the label in show() when no tooltip is set, and store the label and tooltip on the SystemTray before dispatching to the platform impl so Label() reports the current value once the tray is running. Fixes wailsapp#6045
WalkthroughSystem tray label and tooltip state now use locking and a shared fallback helper. On Windows, ChangesSystem tray behavior
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Windows tray hover text can remain blank after an explicit tooltip is cleared, and rapid concurrent text updates can display an older value. These correctness issues should be resolved before merging. Poem
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In `@v3/pkg/application/systemtray_windows.go`:
- Line 532: Update the SetLabel flow and show() so explicit tooltips
consistently take precedence over labels, including immediately after SetLabel
and after an Explorer restart. Add a regression test covering
SetTooltip("explicit") followed by SetLabel("label") and verify both display
paths preserve the explicit tooltip.
In `@v3/pkg/application/systemtray.go`:
- Line 120: Synchronize access to the persisted tray state fields used by
SetLabel, SetTooltip, Label, and Windows show(). Guard reads and writes with the
existing synchronization mechanism, or serialize all accesses through
InvokeSync, while preserving the current getter and display behavior.
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SetTooltip("x") followed by SetLabel("y") showed "y" until Explorer
restarted, when show() put "x" back. Both paths now go through
SystemTray.tooltipOrLabel, so an explicit tooltip always wins and the
label is only the fallback.
SetLabel and SetTooltip also wrote label and tooltip on the caller
goroutine while Label() and the Windows show() read them. Guard the two
fields with a small RWMutex.
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In `@v3/pkg/application/systemtray.go`:
- Around line 302-304: Update the Windows tooltip-clearing path in
SystemTray.SetTooltip to pass tooltipOrLabel() rather than the raw tooltip
value, preserving the label as fallback when the tooltip is empty. Add a
platform-facing test covering SetLabel("label") followed by SetTooltip("") and
verifying the native tooltip receives the label.
- Around line 122-124: Update SetLabel and SetTooltip to serialize or version
their platform-dispatched callbacks consistently with the textLock write order,
ensuring older queued callbacks cannot overwrite newer tray text while Label and
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Serialize system-tray text updates with platform dispatch.
SetLabel and SetTooltip can enqueue callbacks in an order different from the textLock write order. Linux/macOS setLabel and Windows setTooltip apply the callback argument directly, so an older value can overwrite the platform state while Label() or tooltipOrLabel() returns the newer value. Use a per-tray ordering mechanism or coalesce callbacks by version.
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In `@v3/pkg/application/systemtray.go` around lines 122 - 124, Update SetLabel and
SetTooltip to serialize or version their platform-dispatched callbacks
consistently with the textLock write order, ensuring older queued callbacks
cannot overwrite newer tray text while Label and tooltipOrLabel return the
latest values. Apply the ordering mechanism across the platform handlers,
including setLabel and setTooltip.
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| s.textLock.Lock() | ||
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Use tooltipOrLabel() when clearing the Windows tooltip.
SystemTray.SetTooltip("") passes the empty string directly to windowsSystemTray.setTooltip, which writes an empty NOTIFYICONDATA.SzTip. Thus, SetLabel("label"); SetTooltip("") leaves the native hover text empty. Recompute the fallback in the Windows path and add a platform-facing test for this sequence.
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In `@v3/pkg/application/systemtray.go` around lines 302 - 304, Update the Windows
tooltip-clearing path in SystemTray.SetTooltip to pass tooltipOrLabel() rather
than the raw tooltip value, preserving the label as fallback when the tooltip is
empty. Add a platform-facing test covering SetLabel("label") followed by
SetTooltip("") and verifying the native tooltip receives the label.
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On Windows
SetLabelis documented to do the same thing asSetTooltip, but the WindowssetLabelwas an empty stub andshow()only ever applied the tooltip, so a label set beforeRunnever reached the icon.SetLabelandSetTooltipalso stopped storing the value once the platform impl existed, soLabel()kept returning the pre-Runtext.setLabelnow goes throughsetTooltip,show()falls back to the label when no tooltip is set, and both values are stored before dispatching to the impl. The new test forLabel()fails on master and passes here. I haven't hovered a real tray icon with this build, but the tooltip path is the existingShell_NotifyIconcall.Fixes #6045
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