Hi, Recent changes to macOS theming make it impossible to theme a TrayIcon in accordance with Apple's Human Interface Guidelines starting with macOS 11.0 "Big Sur" which is now available for public beta.
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8252015 In order to make the UI work properly with this OS, some API calls need to be changed and the API needs to change. Specifically, a new boolean flag influencing NSImage::isTemplate is required, a change to the awt SystemTray/TrayIcon API. This is explained lower however in order to allow ::isTemplate to be called, the underlying NSImage handling needs to change a bit first. My programmer has a proof of concept available which performs both changes mentioned however the NSImage::isTemplate flag must be provided through an AWT API, requiring a permanent change to the TrayIcon API for AWT to handle the templating of icons. Note, the Qt framework has a near identical API for this exact purpose: https://github.com/qt/qtbase/blob/471e4fcb226c4523efe93b1bdaf0db026495da94/src/gui/image/qicon.cpp#L1341-L1355 In our proof of concept, we're doing the following: TrayIcon.setTemplate(boolean) --> TrayIconPeer.setTemplate(boolean) --> CXTrayIcon.setTemplate(boolean) --> CXTrayIcon.nativeSetTemplate(long, boolean) .. and to retrieve the value: TrayIcon.isTemplate() My questions to the AWT team are as follows: - Are such API changes allowed in AWT to improve the user experience? - If so, will they be accepted if these functions have not yet been ported to other platforms (such as Win32, GNU Linux, etc) - What will be our next steps as to work with AWT on getting this change accepted? Cordially, -Tres P.S. We've signed the Oracle OCA under "QZ Industries LLC". - tres.finocchi...@gmail.com
