I have a little control-panel, just a little application that I made. I would like to minimize/put the control-panel up/down with the systemicons, together with battery life, date, networks etc.
Anyone that can give me a clue, link to a tutorial or something to read?
As of Java 6, this is supported in the SystemTray and TrayIcon classes. SystemTray has a pretty extensive example in its Javadocs:
TrayIcon trayIcon = null;
if (SystemTray.isSupported()) {
// get the SystemTray instance
SystemTray tray = SystemTray.getSystemTray();
// load an image
Image image = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit.getImage(...);
// create a action listener to listen for default action executed on the tray icon
ActionListener listener = new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
// execute default action of the application
// ...
}
};
// create a popup menu
PopupMenu popup = new PopupMenu();
// create menu item for the default action
MenuItem defaultItem = new MenuItem(...);
defaultItem.addActionListener(listener);
popup.add(defaultItem);
/// ... add other items
// construct a TrayIcon
trayIcon = new TrayIcon(image, "Tray Demo", popup);
// set the TrayIcon properties
trayIcon.addActionListener(listener);
// ...
// add the tray image
try {
tray.add(trayIcon);
} catch (AWTException e) {
System.err.println(e);
}
// ...
} else {
// disable tray option in your application or
// perform other actions
...
}
// ...
// some time later
// the application state has changed - update the image
if (trayIcon != null) {
trayIcon.setImage(updatedImage);
}
// ...
You could also check out this article, or this tech tip.
When I first needed help, I wasn't sure how to put a name on what I wanted.. But Jim Puls edited my tags and some of my title (thanks man :)).. So I guess I got my answer now then, I'll have a look at SystemTray and TrayIcon mmyers, thanks ;)