Tray & Startup

nfc-keyboard-emulator lives in the system tray and keeps running in the background after you close the window. The Options view (under Startup) lets you control how the app behaves when the system starts and when you close the main window.

Close to tray

Clicking the window’s close button does not quit the app. Instead, the main window is hidden and the app continues running in the background — the reader keeps scanning and typing as long as typing is armed.

To bring the window back, click the tray icon and choose Anzeigen (Show) from the menu.

To fully quit the app, click the tray icon and choose Beenden (Quit).

Note

There is no Quit option inside the main window. The only way to exit the app is through the tray menu.

Start minimized

Enable Start minimized in the Options view (under Startup) to have the app launch with the main window hidden. The app starts in the tray immediately without showing a window. Use the tray menu to open the window when you need it.

This setting is saved to start_minimized in configuration.

Launch at login

Enable Launch at login to have the operating system start the app automatically when you log in.

Platform	Mechanism
macOS	A LaunchAgent plist is installed in ~/Library/LaunchAgents. The app starts at login under your user session.
Windows	The standard autostart mechanism for the current user is used (via the tauri-plugin-autostart plugin).

This setting is saved to autostart in configuration.

Tip

Combine Launch at login with Start minimized for a fully hands-off setup: the app starts when you log in, stays in the tray, and is ready to scan without any window appearing.

Options summary

Both startup options are in the Options view under the Startup heading:

Option	Config key	Default
Launch at login	autostart	off
Start minimized	start_minimized	off