Feature request: Auto-start toggle

[Soleedus]

It would be convenient to have an option to auto-start this electron app on login/startup. The auto-launch npm package is a neat method of implementation that is compatible with Windows, MacOS, and Linux.

[chrisknepper]

Great idea! That gets me thinking about perhaps the ability to minimize to tray in Windows as well.

As far as implementation, it also appears electron has an API for this: https://electron.atom.io/docs/api/app/#appsetloginitemsettingssettings-macos-windows

Will dig deeper on this this weekend on this for sure.

[Sleeepy2]

Was just going to request minimize to tray in Windows but it looks like you have it covered. Thanks

[jacob-swenson]

Would love to have it start in the tray!

[chrisknepper]

Minimizing to the tray is in the latest release, v0.1.0

As far as auto-start, I would definitely like to bring that in and with the other requests people are making, it seems like we need an interface for setting preferences, which would include this. Still on my to-do list for sure.

[ajivoin]

I can take a look at implementing auto-start this week if it hasn't been started already.
Maybe we can place it in the settings drop down until a more elegant settings menu is created?
Only potential issue I see is that the stock Electron implementation doesn't cover Linux.

[chrisknepper]

@ajivoin The third-party script auto-launch mentioned in the OP appears to support Linux for auto-starting.

My concern is how it would play with the "Open at Login" option present on macOS. This was referenced in #8 so it will definitely require a lot of testing.

[ajivoin]

@chrisknepper I started reading about auto-launch this evening. On macOS, it appears to add the application as a Login Item, the same way the user described in #8. I'll continue reading and work on implementing it if you're fine with adding the auto-launch dependency.

[innesst]

If this feature is not implemented, and you use Windows, you can put a shortcut here:
shell:startup

[poweruser667]

Would love the "start with Windows minimized to tray" feature!