Hi everyone!
I am trying to make an application in Tkinter that goes to Tray instead of
closing. I have programmed the whole interface, including notifications in
Tkinter. The problem is, I could not find any library to make the tray icon
itself, so I built a tray icon class using wxPython that runs on a separate
thread. So basically now, I'm withdrawing the main Tk window, and then showing
the tray icon.
The core problem, however, is that while the system tray icon (aka wx main
loop) is active, the main program built in Tk completely freezes, including
it's notifications. So, my question is, how to make the tray icon thread run in
the background, and still have my main program functional?
class trayIcon(object):
def __init__(self):
#setup app
self.app=wx.PySimpleApp()
#setup icon object
self.actualIcon = wx.Icon(icon, wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ICO)
#setup taskbar icon
self.tbicon = wx.TaskBarIcon()
self.tbicon.SetIcon(self.actualIcon, name)
#add taskbar icon event
wx.EVT_TASKBAR_RIGHT_UP(self.tbicon, self.right)
wx.EVT_TASKBAR_LEFT_DCLICK(self.tbicon, self.left)
self.app.MainLoop()
def right(self,event):
global shouldQuit
self.app.ExitMainLoop()
shouldQuit=True
def left(self,event):
self.app.ExitMainLoop()
class Thread(threading.Thread):
def __init__(self, main):
threading.Thread.__init__(self)
self.setName("wx")
self.main=main
def run(self):
self.Icon=trayIcon()
and here is how I defined it in the main program (must state that this is a
class method itself):
def toTray(self):
global shouldQuit
self.main.withdraw()
self.myTray=Thread(self.Main)
self.myTray.start()
while self.myTray.isAlive():
pass
if shouldQuit:
self.Quit()
else:
self.main.deiconify()
I'm calling the isAlive() method to wait for the wx loop to be ended through
it's controls, and then show the main window again; I know this holds up the
function in place, but that should not hold the entire program should it?
I must state that using wx to do the entire interface would not be a choice, as
I find it a lot harder to use than Tk.
Another solution to the problem would be pointing me to a more convenient tray
icon constructor (instructions how to use would be greatly appreciated) if you
know any.
I hope someone can help me. Thank you for your time and support.
Regards,
Andrei Nemes
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