On 2 Oct 2013, at 12:07 AM, Mark wrote: > Hi, > > First of, the QSystemTrayIcon doc [1] seems extremely outdated so i don't > know if this question is valid with that specific class name.
What is outdated about the docs? Just the XP screenshot or something else? > So what i'm searching for is this, a class that just sends a system(tray) > notification that pops up in the place where all notifications pop up. And > then really cross platform! > > In KDE that would be the lower right corner > In Gnome that would be the upper right corner > In Mac also the upper right corner > In Windows (XP, Vista, 7) in the lower right corner > In Windows 8.. don't know how it's done there, i try to stay away from it. > In Android in the notification area > In iOS in the notification area > In Windows Mobile in the notification area > In <YOUR_OTHER_MOBILE_OS> in the notification area Ensuring that it works on the mobile platforms too sounds like a good idea, to the extent that it's possible. But the lifecycle issues might be different, e.g. usually a "background application" can be killed at any time, so should the icon go away when that happens? > On all platforms it should naturally show the notification in their native OS > theme so for that QSystemTrayIcon is a bit obsolete since it even shows the > Windows XP style popup on Windows Vista (that's the last time i tried it a > couple years ago). > > Does the above exist? If so, where can i find it? > > [1] http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.1/qtwidgets/qsystemtrayicon.html#details > _______________________________________________ > Interest mailing list > Interest@qt-project.org > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest
