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Tray Menu and Status Indicators

The tray icon is not only an entry point into the app, but also the central control for account actions, synchronization, and status information.

Account menu

In the idgard Account area, different actions can appear depending on the current sign-in state.

When no account is connected yet:

  • Show login opens the sign-in window.

When an account is already connected, these options are typically available as well:

  • Show login
  • Sign out
  • Remove user account

Sign out ends the current sign-in session, but the app keeps running. Remove user account removes locally stored sync data for that account from the device. The data in the server account remains unchanged.

Select sync boxes

This menu item opens the box selection again.

The following applies:

  • newly selected boxes are added locally and synchronized
  • deselected boxes are removed locally
  • deselecting boxes does not delete content on the server

If you remove a box from synchronization, this affects all local states inside that box, including content that was previously marked for offline availability.

Sync

The Sync submenu provides direct control over the synchronization process:

  • Start partial sync is an option to start the sync process manually without waiting for the next automatic sync
  • Start full sync triggers a complete re-sync of all locally selected boxes. A dialog appears before the sync starts to confirm the potentially time consuming action.
  • Cancel sync stops an ongoing synchronization.

Important options in App Settings

App Settings provides access to features such as:

  • changing the app theme
  • selecting the language
  • setting the auto-sync interval
  • opening the log folder
  • configuring Windows auto-start

According to the source documentation:

  • A theme change takes effect immediately.
  • A language change requires an app restart.
  • Changes to the sync interval also require a restart to take full effect.

Exit the application

Exit closes the application in Windows. If synchronization is still running, the app asks for confirmation first. The current action is typically completed cleanly before the app exits.

Tray icon states

The tray icon also reflects the current state of the application. This includes, in particular:

  • synchronization successful
  • metadata synchronization in progress
  • data synchronization in progress
  • error state

Depending on the state, additional details may be available by hovering over the icon or clicking it. From the success state, you can also open the Activities view.

How folder status is determined in File Explorer

The status of a folder is not determined only by the Always keep on this device setting on the folder itself. What matters is the combined state of the contained files and subfolders.

The priority described in the source documentation is essentially:

  1. An active synchronization process inside the folder determines the folder status.
  2. Otherwise, an online-only cloud state takes precedence.
  3. Next comes the state of a file that has already been downloaded.
  4. If all contained items are available offline, the folder is also shown as available offline.

Because of this, a folder can temporarily show a different status even though an offline option has already been set, as long as individual contained items are still in a different state.