Ubuntu Thunderbird not Minimising to Tray

[ankitpati]

Thunderbird 52.1.1
Ubuntu 16.04

This just started after the latest update to Thunderbird which I installed from the repositories yesterday.

I had changed the add-on config to minimise to tray on close, instead of on minimise, but both of the settings are not working.

The F9 shortcut is also not working.

Only manually clicking File > Minimize to tray currently works.

[der-ali]

i have also the same problem

[galstudio]

I confirm, I also after the upgrade to Thunderbird 52.1.1 on Ubuntu 16.04 the add-on has ceased to work. It does not minimize to the tray, but closes the program.

[duguyipiao]

I have the same problem with thunderbird 52.1.1 on ubuntu 16.04.

[2alin]

same problem here

[Pe3ucTop]

Same problem on Linux Mint 18.1 Cinnamon 64-bit .
Thunderbird 52.1.1

[rvavrik]

Same problem here, Ubuntu 16.04, Thunderbird 52.1.1
My workaround is to install the Dorando Keyconfig addon and bind some shortcut (Shift+Q in my case) to the minimize to tray command
https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/dorando-keyconfig/

[LuisPalomo]

Same problem here. But clicking File > Minimize to tray works for me.

[joelabair]

Same issue on Fedora 24 / Earlybird 54.0a2

[samarthc]

Same issue as OP on Thunderbird 52.1.1 on Ubuntu GNOME 16.04

[steelstring94]

Same issue on Ubuntu 17.04 Gnome desktop.

[ghost]

Same issue on Thunderbird 52.1.1 on Linuxmint 17.3 Rosa (Cinnamon 64-bit) based on Ubuntu 14.04.5 Trusty

[dvemnt]

/cc @nmaier

[Brianetta]

Same on Ubuntu/XFCE

[SamKChang]

same problem on Thunderbird 52.1.1/Ubuntu 16.04 (64-bit). Close/minimize do not minimize to tray, and close instead. F9 hotkey is not working. Clicking "File > Minimize to tray" works.

[bhrgunatha]

Seems to be a general Linux issue and I;ve had this for several versions of Thunderbird (currently 52.2.1) .
I'm using Arch Linux 64bit / XFCE (4.12)

Last commit was Jun 2016 - maybe this project is abandoned?

[partyzant]

Where is this 'File > Minimize to tray'?? I don't have such option :-/

[dvemnt]

Hey, guys. I moved to Geary and I'm happy. Tray support out-of-the-box.
https://github.com/GNOME/geary

[2alin]

@partyzant you need to keep this extension installed in order to see "Minimize to tray" option.

[F-3000]

For me it works otherwise fine, but when closing then Thunderbird quits instead of minimizing to tray.

Ubuntu MATE 16.04, Thunderbird 52.4.0 (64-bit)

[Brianetta]

PR #179 fixed it for me.

[galstudio]

With this #179 fixed, it works for me! Thank you :)
I have an ubuntu 16.04 and thunderbird 52.4.0 64-bit

[cgarlati]

Pull #179 Works with TB 52.4.0 on Debian 9.2
Note: downgrade path.py if you get the build error "Install path.py (via pip)"
$ pip install -I path.py==7.7.1

Thanks!