Add a way to open Coder Desktop when it's not visible in the menu bar #148
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I wonder how other apps handle this. When I have the same situation with Tailscale, I see 
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Good to know we can at least detect it. A message like this might be a relatively free win in the meantime. |
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Relates to #148. If the menu bar icon is hidden (such as when behind the notch, or otherwise), reopening the app will display an alert that the icon is hidden. There's also a button to not show the alert again. I've also tested that this, and the 'Do not show again' button, work in a fresh VM. This is the same as what Tailscale does: https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/dae6d9ed-eab2-404f-8522-314042bdd1d8
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Currently if a user's menu bar is full of other apps, causing Coder Desktop to be hidden, then there is no way to open Coder Desktop without first closing other apps until it shows up.
Bellow are some potential ways to solve the problem:
Open Coder Desktop's tray menu on focus
I'm not sure if this is possible but if it is it would be a nice workaround to the issue. This was also the behavior I was hoping was already working when I ran into this issue.
Open a standalone window
There seems to be two ways to implement this behavior:
Make Coder Desktop a "real" app rather than a background app.
This solves the problem but causes Coder Desktop to always be in the dock even when no windows are open which could be seen as annoying.
Ship two apps, one background one "real".
This is probably the best solution in terms of UX but with having to build and maintain two separate apps in one.
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