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SystemTray
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Cross-platform SystemTray and AppIndicator support for java applications.
Cross-platform **SystemTray** and **AppIndicator** support for java applications.
This libraries only purpose is to show *reasonably* decent system-tray icons and app-indicators with a simple popup-menu.
There are a number of problems on Linux with the Swing (and SWT) system-tray icons, namely that
1. Swing system-tray icons on linux **do not** support transparent backgrounds (they have a white background)
2. Swing/SWT **do not** support app-indicators, which are necessary on more recent versions of linux (ie: ubuntu)
There are a number of problems on Linux with the Swing (and SWT) system-tray icons, namely that:
1. Swing system-tray icons on linux **do not** support transparent backgrounds (they have a white background)
2. Swing/SWT **do not** support app-indicators, which are necessary on more recent versions of linux
3. Swing popup menus look like crap
- system-tray icons use a JMenuPopup, which looks nicer than the java 'regular' one.
- app-indicators use native popups.
- system-tray icons use a JMenuPopup, which looks nicer than the java 'regular' one.
- app-indicators use native popups.
- This is for cross-platform use, specifically - linux 32/64, mac 32/64, and windows 32/64. Java 6+
- This library uses JNA, which means there are fun bits that are native.
This is for cross-platform use, specifically - linux 32/64, mac 32/64, and windows 32/64. Java 6+
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difficult, just remember SWT on linux *already* starts up the GTK main
event loop.
This library needs some additional testing in SWT environments.
This library needs additional testing in SWT environments.
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Note: If you use the attached JNA libraries, you **MUST** load the respective
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*Many* thanks to them for figuring out AppIndicators via JNA.
https://github.com/getlantern/lantern
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