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Quick and easy: trayicon with python?

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For Windows & Gnome Here ya go! wxPython is the bomb. Adapted from the source of my Feed Notifier application. import wx TRAY_TOOLTIP = ‘System Tray Demo’ TRAY_ICON = ‘icon.png’ def create_menu_item(menu, label, func): item = wx.MenuItem(menu, -1, label) menu.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, func, id=item.GetId()) menu.AppendItem(item) return item class TaskBarIcon(wx.TaskBarIcon): def __init__(self): super(TaskBarIcon, self).__init__() self.set_icon(TRAY_ICON) self.Bind(wx.EVT_TASKBAR_LEFT_DOWN, self.on_left_down) def … Read more

How to start WinForm app minimized to tray?

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The right way to do this is to prevent the form from getting visible in the first place. That requires overriding SetVisibleCore(). Let’s assume a context menu for the NotifyIcon with a Show and Exit command. You can implement it like this: public partial class Form1 : Form { public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); notifyIcon1.ContextMenuStrip = … Read more