How can I make a tray icon in Linux using C ++?

Question

On Windows I can use Shell_NotifyIcon(). What is the Linux equivalent of this feature?

Difference in GNOME (gtk) and KDE (qt)? Unable to find textbooks on the Internet.

Answer 1

Yes, it depends on the desktop environment you are using.

In Qt (KDE), you can do this in a cross-platform way using QSystemTrayIcon.

There is even an example application in Qt .

In GTK, you do this with GtkStatusIcon. In this blog post .

Answer 2

systray XEmbed. Qt GTK . . Qt, , Windows, .

Answer 3

Gnome, gtkmm toolkit ++

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