TraySym

A lightweight (~44 KB), modern, customizable Windows system
tray application for quick insertion of Unicode symbols and more.

TraySym builds to a standalone executable with all resources
embedded—no dependencies required at runtime.

Installation

Download Release (Simple)

1. Download the traysym.exe executable from Releases
   • Save in a convenient location
2. Run traysym.exe to install (double-click)
3. Add to startup at Windows Settings > Apps > Startup > traysym.exe (enable)
4. Optional: Drag icon from "hidden icons" to your taskbar for easy access

Build from Source (Customizable)

1. Install MinGW-w64, I recommend through MSYS2
2. Clone repo

   git clone https://github.com/munr0/TraySym.git

3. Customize symbols.yaml (see Customization)
4. Build and run/install using build.bat

   .\build.bat

5. Add to startup at Windows Settings > Apps > Startup > traysym.exe (enable)
6. Optional: Drag icon from "hidden icons" to your taskbar for easy access

Usage

• Left-click icon in system tray to open the symbol picker
• Left-click any symbol to copy it to clipboard and close the app

Customization

TraySym uses a simple YAML file to dynamically define your symbol grid. Personalize at will!

Inside symbols.yaml, declare a symbols: array as an m×n grid of characters/strings. Each row should have the same number of elements. Consecutive duplicate symbols automatically merge into one wider button.

Example YAML

symbols:
  - ['←', '↑', '→', '↓']
  - ['↖', '↗', '↘', '↙']
  - ['<---⋘', '<---⋘', '⋙--->', '⋙--->']