Tray example in gnome

tray.py

#!/usr/bin/python


# Copyright (C) 2009 Mauricio Teixeira.

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# Author: Mauricio Teixeira <mauricio.teixeira at gmail dot com>
#
# This code is the example of the following blog post:
# https://mteixeira.wordpress.com/2009/04/18/gnome-notification-area-application-in-python-english/

import pygtk

pygtk.require('2.0')

import gtk



def show_notif():
    import pynotify
    n = pynotify.Notification("This is my title", "This is my description")
    n.set_hint('x', 200)
    n.set_hint('y', 400)
    n.show()

class HelloTray:
  def __init__(self):
    self.statusIcon = gtk.StatusIcon()
    self.statusIcon.set_from_stock(gtk.STOCK_ABOUT)
    self.statusIcon.set_visible(True)
    self.statusIcon.set_tooltip("Hello World")
    self.menu = gtk.Menu()
    self.menuItem = gtk.ImageMenuItem(gtk.STOCK_EXECUTE)
    self.menuItem.connect('activate', self.execute_cb, self.statusIcon)
    self.menu.append(self.menuItem)
    self.menuItem = gtk.ImageMenuItem(gtk.STOCK_QUIT)
    self.menuItem.connect('activate', self.quit_cb, self.statusIcon)
    self.menu.append(self.menuItem)
    self.statusIcon.connect('popup-menu', self.popup_menu_cb, self.menu)
    self.statusIcon.set_visible(1)
    gtk.main()

  def execute_cb(self, widget, event, data = None):
    window = gtk.Window(gtk.WINDOW_TOPLEVEL)
    window.set_border_width(10)
    button = gtk.Button("Hello World")
    button.connect_object("clicked", gtk.Widget.destroy, window)
    window.add(button)
    button.show()
    window.show()

  def quit_cb(self, widget, data = None):
    gtk.main_quit()

  def popup_menu_cb(self, widget, button, time, data = None):
    show_notif()
    if button == 3:
      if data:
        data.show_all()
        data.popup(None, None, gtk.status_icon_position_menu,
                   3, time, self.statusIcon)

if __name__ == "__main__":
  helloWord = HelloTray()