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[wxWidgets.git] / interface / wx / taskbar.h
1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: taskbar.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxTaskBarIcon
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows licence
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9 /**
10 On OSX Cocoa the taskbar icon can be in the doc or in the status area.
11 This enumeration can be used to select which will be instantiated.
12 */
13 enum wxTaskBarIconType
14 {
15 wxTBI_DOCK,
16 wxTBI_CUSTOM_STATUSITEM,
17 wxTBI_DEFAULT_TYPE
18 };
19
20
21
22 /**
23 @class wxTaskBarIconEvent
24
25 The event class used by wxTaskBarIcon.
26 For a list of the event macros meant to be used with wxTaskBarIconEvent,
27 please look at wxTaskBarIcon description.
28
29 @library{wxadv}
30 @category{events}
31 */
32 class wxTaskBarIconEvent : public wxEvent
33 {
34 public:
35 /**
36 Constructor.
37 */
38 wxTaskBarIconEvent(wxEventType evtType, wxTaskBarIcon *tbIcon);
39 };
40
41
42 /**
43 @class wxTaskBarIcon
44
45 This class represents a taskbar icon.
46 A taskbar icon is an icon that appears in the 'system tray' and responds to
47 mouse clicks, optionally with a tooltip above it to help provide information.
48
49
50 @section taskbaricon_xnote X Window System Note
51
52 Under X Window System, the window manager must support either the
53 "System Tray Protocol" (see http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/systemtray-spec)
54 by freedesktop.org (WMs used by modern desktop environments such as GNOME >= 2,
55 KDE >= 3 and XFCE >= 4 all do) or the older methods used in GNOME 1.2 and KDE 1 and 2.
56
57 If it doesn't, the icon will appear as a toplevel window on user's desktop.
58 Because not all window managers have system tray, there's no guarantee that
59 wxTaskBarIcon will work correctly under X Window System and so the applications
60 should use it only as an optional component of their user interface.
61 The user should be required to explicitly enable the taskbar icon on Unix,
62 it shouldn't be on by default.
63
64 @beginEventEmissionTable{wxTaskBarIconEvent}
65 Note that not all ports are required to send these events and so it's better
66 to override wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu() if all that the application does
67 is that it shows a popup menu in reaction to mouse click.
68 @event{EVT_TASKBAR_MOVE(func)}
69 Process a @c wxEVT_TASKBAR_MOVE event.
70 @event{EVT_TASKBAR_LEFT_DOWN(func)}
71 Process a @c wxEVT_TASKBAR_LEFT_DOWN event.
72 @event{EVT_TASKBAR_LEFT_UP(func)}
73 Process a @c wxEVT_TASKBAR_LEFT_UP event.
74 @event{EVT_TASKBAR_RIGHT_DOWN(func)}
75 Process a @c wxEVT_TASKBAR_RIGHT_DOWN event.
76 @event{EVT_TASKBAR_RIGHT_UP(func)}
77 Process a @c wxEVT_TASKBAR_RIGHT_UP event.
78 @event{EVT_TASKBAR_LEFT_DCLICK(func)}
79 Process a @c wxEVT_TASKBAR_LEFT_DCLICK event.
80 @event{EVT_TASKBAR_RIGHT_DCLICK(func)}
81 Process a @c wxEVT_TASKBAR_RIGHT_DCLICK event.
82 @event{EVT_TASKBAR_CLICK(func)}
83 This is a synonym for either EVT_TASKBAR_RIGHT_DOWN or UP depending on
84 the platform, use this event macro to catch the event which should result
85 in the menu being displayed on the current platform.
86 @endEventTable
87
88 @library{wxadv}
89 @category{misc}
90 */
91 class wxTaskBarIcon : public wxEvtHandler
92 {
93 public:
94 /**
95 Default constructor. The iconType is only applicable on wxOSX_Cocoa.
96 */
97 wxTaskBarIcon(wxTaskBarIconType iconType = wxTBI_DEFAULT_TYPE);
98
99 /**
100 Destroys the wxTaskBarIcon object, removing the icon if not already removed.
101 */
102 virtual ~wxTaskBarIcon();
103
104 /**
105 This method is similar to wxWindow::Destroy and can be used to schedule
106 the task bar icon object for the delayed destruction: it will be deleted
107 during the next event loop iteration, which allows the task bar
108 icon to process any pending events for it before being destroyed.
109 */
110 void Destroy();
111
112 /**
113 Returns @true if SetIcon() was called with no subsequent RemoveIcon().
114 */
115 bool IsIconInstalled() const;
116
117 /**
118 Returns @true if the object initialized successfully.
119 */
120 bool IsOk() const;
121
122 /**
123 Pops up a menu at the current mouse position.
124 The events can be handled by a class derived from wxTaskBarIcon.
125
126 @note
127 It is recommended to override CreatePopupMenu() callback instead of
128 calling this method from event handler, because some ports (e.g. wxCocoa)
129 may not implement PopupMenu() and mouse click events at all.
130 */
131 virtual bool PopupMenu(wxMenu* menu);
132
133 /**
134 Removes the icon previously set with SetIcon().
135 */
136 virtual bool RemoveIcon();
137
138 /**
139 Sets the icon, and optional tooltip text.
140 */
141 virtual bool SetIcon(const wxIcon& icon,
142 const wxString& tooltip = wxEmptyString);
143
144 /**
145 Returns true if system tray is available in the desktop environment the
146 app runs under.
147
148 On Windows and Mac OS X, the tray is always available and this function
149 simply returns true.
150
151 On Unix, X11 environment may or may not provide the tray, depending on
152 user's desktop environment. Most modern desktops support the tray via
153 the System Tray Protocol by freedesktop.org
154 (http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/systemtray-spec).
155
156 @note Tray availability may change during application's lifetime
157 under X11 and so applications shouldn't cache the result.
158
159 @note wxTaskBarIcon supports older GNOME 1.2 and KDE 1/2 methods of
160 adding icons to tray, but they are unreliable and this method
161 doesn't detect them.
162
163 @since 2.9.0
164 */
165 static bool IsAvailable();
166
167 protected:
168
169 /**
170 This method is called by the library when the user requests popup menu
171 (on Windows and Unix platforms, this is when the user right-clicks the icon).
172
173 Override this function in order to provide popup menu associated with the icon.
174 If CreatePopupMenu() returns @NULL (this happens by default), no menu is shown,
175 otherwise the menu is displayed and then deleted by the library as soon as the
176 user dismisses it.
177
178 The events can be handled by a class derived from wxTaskBarIcon.
179 */
180 virtual wxMenu* CreatePopupMenu();
181 };
182
183
184 wxEventType wxEVT_TASKBAR_MOVE;
185 wxEventType wxEVT_TASKBAR_LEFT_DOWN;
186 wxEventType wxEVT_TASKBAR_LEFT_UP;
187 wxEventType wxEVT_TASKBAR_RIGHT_DOWN;
188 wxEventType wxEVT_TASKBAR_RIGHT_UP;
189 wxEventType wxEVT_TASKBAR_LEFT_DCLICK;
190 wxEventType wxEVT_TASKBAR_RIGHT_DCLICK;
191 wxEventType wxEVT_TASKBAR_CLICK;
192 wxEventType wxEVT_TASKBAR_BALLOON_TIMEOUT;
193 wxEventType wxEVT_TASKBAR_BALLOON_CLICK;