GtkStatusIcon

GtkStatusIcon — Display an icon in the system tray

Synopsis

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

struct              GtkStatusIcon;
GtkStatusIcon *     gtk_status_icon_new                 (void);
GtkStatusIcon *     gtk_status_icon_new_from_pixbuf     (GdkPixbuf *pixbuf);
GtkStatusIcon *     gtk_status_icon_new_from_file       (const gchar *filename);
GtkStatusIcon *     gtk_status_icon_new_from_stock      (const gchar *stock_id);
GtkStatusIcon *     gtk_status_icon_new_from_icon_name  (const gchar *icon_name);
GtkStatusIcon *     gtk_status_icon_new_from_gicon      (GIcon *icon);
void                gtk_status_icon_set_from_pixbuf     (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         GdkPixbuf *pixbuf);
void                gtk_status_icon_set_from_file       (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         const gchar *filename);
void                gtk_status_icon_set_from_stock      (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         const gchar *stock_id);
void                gtk_status_icon_set_from_icon_name  (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         const gchar *icon_name);
void                gtk_status_icon_set_from_gicon      (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         GIcon *icon);
GtkImageType        gtk_status_icon_get_storage_type    (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);
GdkPixbuf *         gtk_status_icon_get_pixbuf          (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);
const gchar *       gtk_status_icon_get_stock           (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);
const gchar *       gtk_status_icon_get_icon_name       (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);
GIcon *             gtk_status_icon_get_gicon           (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);
gint                gtk_status_icon_get_size            (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);
void                gtk_status_icon_set_screen          (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         GdkScreen *screen);
GdkScreen *         gtk_status_icon_get_screen          (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);
void                gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip         (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         const gchar *tooltip_text);
void                gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip_text    (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         const gchar *text);
gchar *             gtk_status_icon_get_tooltip_text    (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);
void                gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip_markup  (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         const gchar *markup);
gchar *             gtk_status_icon_get_tooltip_markup  (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);
void                gtk_status_icon_set_has_tooltip     (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         gboolean has_tooltip);
gboolean            gtk_status_icon_get_has_tooltip     (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);
void                gtk_status_icon_set_title           (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         const gchar *title);
const gchar *       gtk_status_icon_get_title           (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);
void                gtk_status_icon_set_name            (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         const gchar *name);
void                gtk_status_icon_set_visible         (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         gboolean visible);
gboolean            gtk_status_icon_get_visible         (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);
void                gtk_status_icon_set_blinking        (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         gboolean blinking);
gboolean            gtk_status_icon_get_blinking        (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);
gboolean            gtk_status_icon_is_embedded         (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);
void                gtk_status_icon_position_menu       (GtkMenu *menu,
                                                         gint *x,
                                                         gint *y,
                                                         gboolean *push_in,
                                                         gpointer user_data);
gboolean            gtk_status_icon_get_geometry        (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         GdkScreen **screen,
                                                         GdkRectangle *area,
                                                         GtkOrientation *orientation);
guint32             gtk_status_icon_get_x11_window_id   (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Object Hierarchy

  GObject
   +----GtkStatusIcon

Properties

  "blinking"                 gboolean              : Read / Write
  "embedded"                 gboolean              : Read
  "file"                     gchar*                : Write
  "gicon"                    GIcon*                : Read / Write
  "has-tooltip"              gboolean              : Read / Write
  "icon-name"                gchar*                : Read / Write
  "orientation"              GtkOrientation        : Read
  "pixbuf"                   GdkPixbuf*            : Read / Write
  "screen"                   GdkScreen*            : Read / Write
  "size"                     gint                  : Read
  "stock"                    gchar*                : Read / Write
  "storage-type"             GtkImageType          : Read
  "title"                    gchar*                : Read / Write
  "tooltip-markup"           gchar*                : Read / Write
  "tooltip-text"             gchar*                : Read / Write
  "visible"                  gboolean              : Read / Write

Signals

  "activate"                                       : Action
  "button-press-event"                             : Run Last
  "button-release-event"                           : Run Last
  "popup-menu"                                     : Action
  "query-tooltip"                                  : Run Last
  "scroll-event"                                   : Run Last
  "size-changed"                                   : Run Last

Description

The "system tray" or notification area is normally used for transient icons that indicate some special state. For example, a system tray icon might appear to tell the user that they have new mail, or have an incoming instant message, or something along those lines. The basic idea is that creating an icon in the notification area is less annoying than popping up a dialog.

A GtkStatusIcon object can be used to display an icon in a "system tray". The icon can have a tooltip, and the user can interact with it by activating it or popping up a context menu. Critical information should not solely be displayed in a GtkStatusIcon, since it may not be visible (e.g. when the user doesn't have a notification area on his panel). This can be checked with gtk_status_icon_is_embedded().

On X11, the implementation follows the freedesktop.org "System Tray" specification. Implementations of the "tray" side of this specification can be found e.g. in the GNOME and KDE panel applications.

Note that a GtkStatusIcon is not a widget, but just a GObject. Making it a widget would be impractical, since the system tray on Win32 doesn't allow to embed arbitrary widgets.

Details

struct GtkStatusIcon

struct GtkStatusIcon;


gtk_status_icon_new ()

GtkStatusIcon *     gtk_status_icon_new                 (void);

Creates an empty status icon object.

Returns :

a new GtkStatusIcon

Since 2.10


gtk_status_icon_new_from_pixbuf ()

GtkStatusIcon *     gtk_status_icon_new_from_pixbuf     (GdkPixbuf *pixbuf);

Creates a status icon displaying pixbuf.

The image will be scaled down to fit in the available space in the notification area, if necessary.

pixbuf :

a GdkPixbuf

Returns :

a new GtkStatusIcon

Since 2.10


gtk_status_icon_new_from_file ()

GtkStatusIcon *     gtk_status_icon_new_from_file       (const gchar *filename);

Creates a status icon displaying the file filename.

The image will be scaled down to fit in the available space in the notification area, if necessary.

filename :

a filename

Returns :

a new GtkStatusIcon

Since 2.10


gtk_status_icon_new_from_stock ()

GtkStatusIcon *     gtk_status_icon_new_from_stock      (const gchar *stock_id);

Creates a status icon displaying a stock icon. Sample stock icon names are GTK_STOCK_OPEN, GTK_STOCK_QUIT. You can register your own stock icon names, see gtk_icon_factory_add_default() and gtk_icon_factory_add().

stock_id :

a stock icon id

Returns :

a new GtkStatusIcon

Since 2.10


gtk_status_icon_new_from_icon_name ()

GtkStatusIcon *     gtk_status_icon_new_from_icon_name  (const gchar *icon_name);

Creates a status icon displaying an icon from the current icon theme. If the current icon theme is changed, the icon will be updated appropriately.

icon_name :

an icon name

Returns :

a new GtkStatusIcon

Since 2.10


gtk_status_icon_new_from_gicon ()

GtkStatusIcon *     gtk_status_icon_new_from_gicon      (GIcon *icon);

Creates a status icon displaying a GIcon. If the icon is a themed icon, it will be updated when the theme changes.

icon :

a GIcon

Returns :

a new GtkStatusIcon

Since 2.14


gtk_status_icon_set_from_pixbuf ()

void                gtk_status_icon_set_from_pixbuf     (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         GdkPixbuf *pixbuf);

Makes status_icon display pixbuf. See gtk_status_icon_new_from_pixbuf() for details.

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

pixbuf :

a GdkPixbuf or NULL. [allow-none]

Since 2.10


gtk_status_icon_set_from_file ()

void                gtk_status_icon_set_from_file       (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         const gchar *filename);

Makes status_icon display the file filename. See gtk_status_icon_new_from_file() for details.

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

filename :

a filename

Since 2.10


gtk_status_icon_set_from_stock ()

void                gtk_status_icon_set_from_stock      (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         const gchar *stock_id);

Makes status_icon display the stock icon with the id stock_id. See gtk_status_icon_new_from_stock() for details.

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

stock_id :

a stock icon id

Since 2.10


gtk_status_icon_set_from_icon_name ()

void                gtk_status_icon_set_from_icon_name  (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         const gchar *icon_name);

Makes status_icon display the icon named icon_name from the current icon theme. See gtk_status_icon_new_from_icon_name() for details.

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

icon_name :

an icon name

Since 2.10


gtk_status_icon_set_from_gicon ()

void                gtk_status_icon_set_from_gicon      (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         GIcon *icon);

Makes status_icon display the GIcon. See gtk_status_icon_new_from_gicon() for details.

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

icon :

a GIcon

Since 2.14


gtk_status_icon_get_storage_type ()

GtkImageType        gtk_status_icon_get_storage_type    (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Gets the type of representation being used by the GtkStatusIcon to store image data. If the GtkStatusIcon has no image data, the return value will be GTK_IMAGE_EMPTY.

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

Returns :

the image representation being used

Since 2.10


gtk_status_icon_get_pixbuf ()

GdkPixbuf *         gtk_status_icon_get_pixbuf          (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Gets the GdkPixbuf being displayed by the GtkStatusIcon. The storage type of the status icon must be GTK_IMAGE_EMPTY or GTK_IMAGE_PIXBUF (see gtk_status_icon_get_storage_type()). The caller of this function does not own a reference to the returned pixbuf.

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

Returns :

the displayed pixbuf, or NULL if the image is empty. [transfer none]

Since 2.10


gtk_status_icon_get_stock ()

const gchar *       gtk_status_icon_get_stock           (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Gets the id of the stock icon being displayed by the GtkStatusIcon. The storage type of the status icon must be GTK_IMAGE_EMPTY or GTK_IMAGE_STOCK (see gtk_status_icon_get_storage_type()). The returned string is owned by the GtkStatusIcon and should not be freed or modified.

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

Returns :

stock id of the displayed stock icon, or NULL if the image is empty.

Since 2.10


gtk_status_icon_get_icon_name ()

const gchar *       gtk_status_icon_get_icon_name       (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Gets the name of the icon being displayed by the GtkStatusIcon. The storage type of the status icon must be GTK_IMAGE_EMPTY or GTK_IMAGE_ICON_NAME (see gtk_status_icon_get_storage_type()). The returned string is owned by the GtkStatusIcon and should not be freed or modified.

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

Returns :

name of the displayed icon, or NULL if the image is empty.

Since 2.10


gtk_status_icon_get_gicon ()

GIcon *             gtk_status_icon_get_gicon           (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Retrieves the GIcon being displayed by the GtkStatusIcon. The storage type of the status icon must be GTK_IMAGE_EMPTY or GTK_IMAGE_GICON (see gtk_status_icon_get_storage_type()). The caller of this function does not own a reference to the returned GIcon.

If this function fails, icon is left unchanged;

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

Returns :

the displayed icon, or NULL if the image is empty. [transfer none]

Since 2.14


gtk_status_icon_get_size ()

gint                gtk_status_icon_get_size            (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Gets the size in pixels that is available for the image. Stock icons and named icons adapt their size automatically if the size of the notification area changes. For other storage types, the size-changed signal can be used to react to size changes.

Note that the returned size is only meaningful while the status icon is embedded (see gtk_status_icon_is_embedded()).

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

Returns :

the size that is available for the image

Since 2.10


gtk_status_icon_set_screen ()

void                gtk_status_icon_set_screen          (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         GdkScreen *screen);

Sets the GdkScreen where status_icon is displayed; if the icon is already mapped, it will be unmapped, and then remapped on the new screen.

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

screen :

a GdkScreen

Since 2.12


gtk_status_icon_get_screen ()

GdkScreen *         gtk_status_icon_get_screen          (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Returns the GdkScreen associated with status_icon.

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

Returns :

a GdkScreen. [transfer none]

Since 2.12


gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip ()

void                gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip         (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         const gchar *tooltip_text);

Warning

gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip has been deprecated since version 2.16 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip_text() instead.

Sets the tooltip of the status icon.

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

tooltip_text :

the tooltip text, or NULL. [allow-none]

Since 2.10


gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip_text ()

void                gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip_text    (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         const gchar *text);

Sets text as the contents of the tooltip.

This function will take care of setting "has-tooltip" to TRUE and of the default handler for the "query-tooltip" signal.

See also the "tooltip-text" property and gtk_tooltip_set_text().

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

text :

the contents of the tooltip for status_icon

Since 2.16


gtk_status_icon_get_tooltip_text ()

gchar *             gtk_status_icon_get_tooltip_text    (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Gets the contents of the tooltip for status_icon.

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

Returns :

the tooltip text, or NULL. You should free the returned string with g_free() when done.

Since 2.16


gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip_markup ()

void                gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip_markup  (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         const gchar *markup);

Sets markup as the contents of the tooltip, which is marked up with the Pango text markup language.

This function will take care of setting "has-tooltip" to TRUE and of the default handler for the "query-tooltip" signal.

See also the "tooltip-markup" property and gtk_tooltip_set_markup().

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

markup :

the contents of the tooltip for status_icon, or NULL. [allow-none]

Since 2.16


gtk_status_icon_get_tooltip_markup ()

gchar *             gtk_status_icon_get_tooltip_markup  (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Gets the contents of the tooltip for status_icon.

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

Returns :

the tooltip text, or NULL. You should free the returned string with g_free() when done.

Since 2.16


gtk_status_icon_set_has_tooltip ()

void                gtk_status_icon_set_has_tooltip     (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         gboolean has_tooltip);

Sets the has-tooltip property on status_icon to has_tooltip. See "has-tooltip" for more information.

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

has_tooltip :

whether or not status_icon has a tooltip

Since 2.16


gtk_status_icon_get_has_tooltip ()

gboolean            gtk_status_icon_get_has_tooltip     (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Returns the current value of the has-tooltip property. See "has-tooltip" for more information.

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

Returns :

current value of has-tooltip on status_icon.

Since 2.16


gtk_status_icon_set_title ()

void                gtk_status_icon_set_title           (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         const gchar *title);

Sets the title of this tray icon. This should be a short, human-readable, localized string describing the tray icon. It may be used by tools like screen readers to render the tray icon.

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

title :

the title

Since 2.18


gtk_status_icon_get_title ()

const gchar *       gtk_status_icon_get_title           (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Gets the title of this tray icon. See gtk_status_icon_set_title().

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

Returns :

the title of the status icon

Since 2.18


gtk_status_icon_set_name ()

void                gtk_status_icon_set_name            (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         const gchar *name);

Sets the name of this tray icon. This should be a string identifying this icon. It is may be used for sorting the icons in the tray and will not be shown to the user.

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

name :

the name

Since 2.20


gtk_status_icon_set_visible ()

void                gtk_status_icon_set_visible         (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         gboolean visible);

Shows or hides a status icon.

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

visible :

TRUE to show the status icon, FALSE to hide it

Since 2.10


gtk_status_icon_get_visible ()

gboolean            gtk_status_icon_get_visible         (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Returns whether the status icon is visible or not. Note that being visible does not guarantee that the user can actually see the icon, see also gtk_status_icon_is_embedded().

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

Returns :

TRUE if the status icon is visible

Since 2.10


gtk_status_icon_set_blinking ()

void                gtk_status_icon_set_blinking        (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         gboolean blinking);

Warning

gtk_status_icon_set_blinking has been deprecated since version 2.22 and should not be used in newly-written code. This function will be removed in GTK+ 3

Makes the status icon start or stop blinking. Note that blinking user interface elements may be problematic for some users, and thus may be turned off, in which case this setting has no effect.

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

blinking :

TRUE to turn blinking on, FALSE to turn it off

Since 2.10


gtk_status_icon_get_blinking ()

gboolean            gtk_status_icon_get_blinking        (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Warning

gtk_status_icon_get_blinking has been deprecated since version 2.22 and should not be used in newly-written code. This function will be removed in GTK+ 3

Returns whether the icon is blinking, see gtk_status_icon_set_blinking().

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

Returns :

TRUE if the icon is blinking

Since 2.10


gtk_status_icon_is_embedded ()

gboolean            gtk_status_icon_is_embedded         (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Returns whether the status icon is embedded in a notification area.

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

Returns :

TRUE if the status icon is embedded in a notification area.

Since 2.10


gtk_status_icon_position_menu ()

void                gtk_status_icon_position_menu       (GtkMenu *menu,
                                                         gint *x,
                                                         gint *y,
                                                         gboolean *push_in,
                                                         gpointer user_data);

Menu positioning function to use with gtk_menu_popup() to position menu aligned to the status icon user_data.

menu :

the GtkMenu

x :

return location for the x position

y :

return location for the y position

push_in :

whether the first menu item should be offset (pushed in) to be aligned with the menu popup position (only useful for GtkOptionMenu).

user_data :

the status icon to position the menu on

Since 2.10


gtk_status_icon_get_geometry ()

gboolean            gtk_status_icon_get_geometry        (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                         GdkScreen **screen,
                                                         GdkRectangle *area,
                                                         GtkOrientation *orientation);

Obtains information about the location of the status icon on screen. This information can be used to e.g. position popups like notification bubbles.

See gtk_status_icon_position_menu() for a more convenient alternative for positioning menus.

Note that some platforms do not allow GTK+ to provide this information, and even on platforms that do allow it, the information is not reliable unless the status icon is embedded in a notification area, see gtk_status_icon_is_embedded().

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

screen :

return location for the screen, or NULL if the information is not needed. [out][transfer none][allow-none]

area :

return location for the area occupied by the status icon, or NULL. [out][allow-none]

orientation :

return location for the orientation of the panel in which the status icon is embedded, or NULL. A panel at the top or bottom of the screen is horizontal, a panel at the left or right is vertical. [out][allow-none]

Returns :

TRUE if the location information has been filled in

Since 2.10


gtk_status_icon_get_x11_window_id ()

guint32             gtk_status_icon_get_x11_window_id   (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

This function is only useful on the X11/freedesktop.org platform. It returns a window ID for the widget in the underlying status icon implementation. This is useful for the Galago notification service, which can send a window ID in the protocol in order for the server to position notification windows pointing to a status icon reliably.

This function is not intended for other use cases which are more likely to be met by one of the non-X11 specific methods, such as gtk_status_icon_position_menu().

status_icon :

a GtkStatusIcon

Returns :

An 32 bit unsigned integer identifier for the underlying X11 Window

Since 2.14

Property Details

The "blinking" property

  "blinking"                 gboolean              : Read / Write

Warning

GtkStatusIcon:blinking has been deprecated since version 2.22 and should not be used in newly-written code. This property will be removed in GTK+ 3

Whether or not the status icon is blinking.

Default value: FALSE


The "embedded" property

  "embedded"                 gboolean              : Read

TRUE if the statusicon is embedded in a notification area.

Default value: FALSE

Since 2.12


The "file" property

  "file"                     gchar*                : Write

Filename to load and display.

Default value: NULL


The "gicon" property

  "gicon"                    GIcon*                : Read / Write

The GIcon displayed in the GtkStatusIcon. For themed icons, the image will be updated automatically if the theme changes.

Since 2.14


The "has-tooltip" property

  "has-tooltip"              gboolean              : Read / Write

Enables or disables the emission of "query-tooltip" on status_icon. A value of TRUE indicates that status_icon can have a tooltip, in this case the status icon will be queried using "query-tooltip" to determine whether it will provide a tooltip or not.

Note that setting this property to TRUE for the first time will change the event masks of the windows of this status icon to include leave-notify and motion-notify events. This will not be undone when the property is set to FALSE again.

Whether this property is respected is platform dependent. For plain text tooltips, use "tooltip-text" in preference.

Default value: FALSE

Since 2.16


The "icon-name" property

  "icon-name"                gchar*                : Read / Write

The name of the icon from the icon theme.

Default value: NULL


The "orientation" property

  "orientation"              GtkOrientation        : Read

The orientation of the tray in which the statusicon is embedded.

Default value: GTK_ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL

Since 2.12


The "pixbuf" property

  "pixbuf"                   GdkPixbuf*            : Read / Write

A GdkPixbuf to display.


The "screen" property

  "screen"                   GdkScreen*            : Read / Write

The screen where this status icon will be displayed.


The "size" property

  "size"                     gint                  : Read

The size of the icon.

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 0


The "stock" property

  "stock"                    gchar*                : Read / Write

Stock ID for a stock image to display.

Default value: NULL


The "storage-type" property

  "storage-type"             GtkImageType          : Read

The representation being used for image data.

Default value: GTK_IMAGE_EMPTY


The "title" property

  "title"                    gchar*                : Read / Write

The title of this tray icon. This should be a short, human-readable, localized string describing the tray icon. It may be used by tools like screen readers to render the tray icon.

Default value: NULL

Since 2.18


The "tooltip-markup" property

  "tooltip-markup"           gchar*                : Read / Write

Sets the text of tooltip to be the given string, which is marked up with the Pango text markup language. Also see gtk_tooltip_set_markup().

This is a convenience property which will take care of getting the tooltip shown if the given string is not NULL. "has-tooltip" will automatically be set to TRUE and the default handler for the "query-tooltip" signal will take care of displaying the tooltip.

On some platforms, embedded markup will be ignored.

Default value: NULL

Since 2.16


The "tooltip-text" property

  "tooltip-text"             gchar*                : Read / Write

Sets the text of tooltip to be the given string.

Also see gtk_tooltip_set_text().

This is a convenience property which will take care of getting the tooltip shown if the given string is not NULL. "has-tooltip" will automatically be set to TRUE and the default handler for the "query-tooltip" signal will take care of displaying the tooltip.

Note that some platforms have limitations on the length of tooltips that they allow on status icons, e.g. Windows only shows the first 64 characters.

Default value: NULL

Since 2.16


The "visible" property

  "visible"                  gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether or not the status icon is visible.

Default value: TRUE

Signal Details

The "activate" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                        gpointer       user_data)        : Action

Gets emitted when the user activates the status icon. If and how status icons can activated is platform-dependent.

Unlike most G_SIGNAL_ACTION signals, this signal is meant to be used by applications and should be wrapped by language bindings.

status_icon :

the object which received the signal

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Since 2.10


The "button-press-event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                        GdkEvent      *event,
                                                        gpointer       user_data)        : Run Last

The ::button-press-event signal will be emitted when a button (typically from a mouse) is pressed.

Whether this event is emitted is platform-dependent. Use the ::activate and ::popup-menu signals in preference.

status_icon :

the object which received the signal

event :

the GdkEventButton which triggered this signal

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

Since 2.14


The "button-release-event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                        GdkEvent      *event,
                                                        gpointer       user_data)        : Run Last

The ::button-release-event signal will be emitted when a button (typically from a mouse) is released.

Whether this event is emitted is platform-dependent. Use the ::activate and ::popup-menu signals in preference.

status_icon :

the object which received the signal

event :

the GdkEventButton which triggered this signal

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

Since 2.14


The "popup-menu" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                        guint          button,
                                                        guint          activate_time,
                                                        gpointer       user_data)          : Action

Gets emitted when the user brings up the context menu of the status icon. Whether status icons can have context menus and how these are activated is platform-dependent.

The button and activate_time parameters should be passed as the last to arguments to gtk_menu_popup().

Unlike most G_SIGNAL_ACTION signals, this signal is meant to be used by applications and should be wrapped by language bindings.

status_icon :

the object which received the signal

button :

the button that was pressed, or 0 if the signal is not emitted in response to a button press event

activate_time :

the timestamp of the event that triggered the signal emission

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Since 2.10


The "query-tooltip" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                        gint           x,
                                                        gint           y,
                                                        gboolean       keyboard_mode,
                                                        GtkTooltip    *tooltip,
                                                        gpointer       user_data)          : Run Last

Emitted when the "gtk-tooltip-timeout" has expired with the cursor hovering above status_icon; or emitted when status_icon got focus in keyboard mode.

Using the given coordinates, the signal handler should determine whether a tooltip should be shown for status_icon. If this is the case TRUE should be returned, FALSE otherwise. Note that if keyboard_mode is TRUE, the values of x and y are undefined and should not be used.

The signal handler is free to manipulate tooltip with the therefore destined function calls.

Whether this signal is emitted is platform-dependent. For plain text tooltips, use "tooltip-text" in preference.

status_icon :

the object which received the signal

x :

the x coordinate of the cursor position where the request has been emitted, relative to status_icon

y :

the y coordinate of the cursor position where the request has been emitted, relative to status_icon

keyboard_mode :

TRUE if the tooltip was trigged using the keyboard

tooltip :

a GtkTooltip

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE if tooltip should be shown right now, FALSE otherwise.

Since 2.16


The "scroll-event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                        GdkEvent      *event,
                                                        gpointer       user_data)        : Run Last

The ::scroll-event signal is emitted when a button in the 4 to 7 range is pressed. Wheel mice are usually configured to generate button press events for buttons 4 and 5 when the wheel is turned.

Whether this event is emitted is platform-dependent.

status_icon :

the object which received the signal.

event :

the GdkEventScroll which triggered this signal

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

The "size-changed" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                        gint           size,
                                                        gpointer       user_data)        : Run Last

Gets emitted when the size available for the image changes, e.g. because the notification area got resized.

status_icon :

the object which received the signal

size :

the new size

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE if the icon was updated for the new size. Otherwise, GTK+ will scale the icon as necessary.

Since 2.10