MacOSX，Windows和Linux（Gnome）和python上的GTK +中的状态图标

Question

I'm developing an application in python and it will be used in Windows MacOsX and Linux, and now i'm developing system (status icon) icon (and the menu when you click) in Mac OSX bar. Can I use PyGTK in windows, mac and linux and use the same code for show status icon in status bar (macosx), system tray(windows), or linux?

Thanks in advance. This is the code:

import gtk


class SystrayIconApp:
    def __init__(self):
        self.tray = gtk.StatusIcon()
        self.tray.set_from_stock(gtk.STOCK_ABOUT) 
        self.tray.connect('popup-menu', self.on_right_click)
        self.tray.set_tooltip(('Sample tray app'))


        def on_right_click(self, icon, event_button, event_time):
          self.make_menu(event_button, event_time)

        def make_menu(self, event_button, event_time):
          menu = gtk.Menu()

          # show about dialog
          about = gtk.MenuItem("About")
          about.show()
          menu.append(about)
          about.connect('activate', self.show_about_dialog)

          # add quit item
          quit = gtk.MenuItem("Quit")
          quit.show()
          menu.append(quit)
          quit.connect('activate', gtk.main_quit)

          menu.popup(None, None, gtk.status_icon_position_menu,
                   event_button, event_time, self.tray)

    def  show_about_dialog(self, widget):
        about_dialog = gtk.AboutDialog()
        about_dialog.set_destroy_with_parent (True)
        about_dialog.set_icon_name ("SystrayIcon")
        about_dialog.set_name('SystrayIcon')
        about_dialog.set_version('0.1')
        about_dialog.set_copyright("(C) 2010 João Pinto")
        about_dialog.set_comments(("Program to demonstrate a system tray icon"))
        about_dialog.set_authors(['João Pinto <joao.pinto@getdeb.net>'])
        about_dialog.run()
        about_dialog.destroy()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    SystrayIconApp()
    gtk.main()

This is de tray in MAC OS X (the star from gtk+):

This is the tray in WINDOWS (the star from gtk+):

On windows no problem, menu is visible when you click the icon, but in Mac OX, icos is showed but menu is not displayed.

What is the problem with the code?

Answer 1

Short answer: Yes !

Qt manages the status icons integration in all compatible operating systems.

You just have to use the QSystemTrayIcon class in order to do that.

The QSystemTrayIcon class provides an icon for an application in the system tray. Modern operating systems usually provide a special area on the desktop, called the system tray or notification area, where long-running applications can display icons and short messages.

More information on the Qt Documentation .