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Subject: Re: [PyQt] QSystemTrayIcon - can you change the size/aspect?
From: Brian Knudson <briank () pipelinefx ! com>
Date: 2012-07-09 18:05:15
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On Jul 9, 2012, at 10:51 AM, Glenn Linderman wrote:
> On 7/9/2012 10:43 AM, Brian Knudson wrote:
> > As an example, I'm looking at Adobe updater's system tray icon. It has the Adobe logo & a \
> > number next to it that denotes the number of updates available. In order to do this, the \
> > icon is wider than it is tall.
> > screen shot: http://churchofbk.com/misc/tray_icon.png
> >
> > I would love to be able to do this with one of my apps, as the whole point of the app is to \
> > make a certain number of cores available to some other process - so it becomes much more \
> > usable as a tray icon if it shows the number of available cores at any one time.
> > With that, can the size/geometry of a QSystemTrayIcon be changed so that it isn't square? \
> > If I try to give it a non-square image, it gets scaled while maintaining aspect ratio until \
> > it fits in a 16x16 or 22x22 box.
>
> Are you sure that Adobe isn't using two adjacent system tray icons? That was my first \
> impression when I looked at your screen shot. But your screen shot doesn't look like a \
> Windows system tray, is it Linux or something? I didn't even know anything but Windows had \
> system trays...
It's OS X. I don't believe it's called a "System tray" in OS X, but as far as Qt is concerned, \
it's the area where QSystemTrayIcons go.
I had initially thought that it was 2 icons as well, but that doesn't *appear* to be the case - \
the whole thing highlights on click & the menu always appears in the same place, regardless of \
where I click. I suppose there could be quite a bit of trickery at play here, but I wanted to \
ask before I started investigating if it's worth trying to use two icons & make them appear as \
one.
-Brian
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<blockquote cite="mid:33A4E73D-25E7-4223-AEE4-3C1996AB7CAB@pipelinefx.com" type="cite">As \
an example, I'm looking at Adobe updater's system
tray icon. It has the Adobe logo & a number next to it that
denotes the number of updates available. In order to do this, the
icon is wider than it is tall.
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<div>screen shot: <a moz-do-not-send="true" \
href="http://churchofbk.com/misc/tray_icon.png">http://churchofbk.com/misc/tray_icon.png</a><br>
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</div>
<div>I would love to be able to do this with one of my apps, as
the whole point of the app is to make a certain number of
cores available to some other process - so it becomes much
more usable as a tray icon if it shows the number of available
cores at any one time. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>With that, can the size/geometry of a QSystemTrayIcon be
changed so that it isn't square? If I try to give it a
non-square image, it gets scaled while maintaining aspect
ratio until it fits in a 16x16 or 22x22 box.<br>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<br>
Are you sure that Adobe isn't using two adjacent system tray icons?
That was my first impression when I looked at your screen shot. But
your screen shot doesn't look like a Windows system tray, is it
Linux or something? I didn't even know anything but Windows had
system trays...<br>
</div>
</blockquote></div><br><div>It's OS X. I don't believe it's called a "System tray" in OS \
X, but as far as Qt is concerned, it's the area where QSystemTrayIcons go. \
</div><div><br></div><div>I had initially thought that it was 2 icons as well, but that \
doesn't *appear* to be the case - the whole thing highlights on click & the menu always \
appears in the same place, regardless of where I click. I suppose there could be quite a \
bit of trickery at play here, but I wanted to ask before I started investigating if it's worth \
trying to use two icons & make them appear as \
one.</div><div><br></div><div>-Brian</div></body></html>
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