TrayIcon(3pm)						User Contributed Perl Documentation					     TrayIcon(3pm)

NAME

       Gtk2::TrayIcon - Perl interface to the EggTrayIcon library

SYNOPSIS

	 use Gtk2::TrayIcon;
	 Gtk2->init;

	 my $icon= Gtk2::TrayIcon->new("test");
	 my $label= Gtk2::Label->new("test");
	 $icon->add($label);
	 $icon->show_all;

	 Gtk2->main;

ABSTRACT

       This module allows a Perl developer to embed an arbitrary widget in a System Tray like the Gnome notification area.

DESCRIPTION

       EggTrayIcon is slated for inclusion in Gtk+ at some point, which is the reason the "Gtk2::TrayIcon" namespace. As all egg libs, EggTrayIcon
       is not considered api stable and its not installed as a shared object.

       Enough about what it is not, "Gtk2::TrayIcon" is first and foremost a simple way of giving a Gtk2 script access to the system tray.

       System Trays are found in both KDE and Gnome. But neither support the spec fully (see below).

       "Gtk2::TrayIcon" is a subclass of "Gtk2::Plug" and should be used as such.

METHODS

       5 methods are available.

       $trayicon= Gtk2::TrayIcon->new_from_screen($screen, $name)
	   This creates a widget already connected to the notification area of $screen. $screen should be a "Gtk::Gdk::Screen".

       $trayicon= Gtk2::TrayIcon->new($name)
	   Like "new_from_screen" but uses the default screen of the active display.

       $msgid= $trayicon->send_message($timeout, $message)
	   Ask the tray to display $message for $timeout milliseconds.	If $timeout is 0, the message will not expire.

	   Note that it is up to the tray to decide what to do with the message both Gnome and KDE just ignores it.

       $trayicon->cancel_message($msgid)
	   Ask the tray to cancel the message.

SEE ALSO

       Glib, Gtk2 and The System Tray Spec http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/systemtray-spec.

AUTHOR

       Christian Borup <gtk2-perl at borup dot com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright 2003 by the gtk2-perl team.

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
       published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Library General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
       Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA.

perl v5.14.2							    2007-06-27							     TrayIcon(3pm)