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Asked: 2026-05-14T00:43:30+00:00

I am using the Eclipse RCP trayitem, which is described in Vogellas tutorials .

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I am using the Eclipse RCP trayitem, which is described in Vogellas tutorials.

The requirement now is not only to show the name of the app in the tooltip but also a percentage while doing lengthy operations.

I understand that the trayitem attribute is a private from ApplicationWorkbenchWindowAdvisor, so I added a getter and setter method.

The only thing missing is a possibility to access the trayitem instance from my ProgressMonitorDialog instance.

Can you tell me, how you would solve this puzzle?
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  1. Editorial Team

    Since you can build a TrayItem around the SystemTray from any windows:

    final Tray tray = window.getShell().getDisplay().getSystemTray();
TrayItem trayItem = new TrayItem(tray, SWT.NONE);

    , do you have to access that TrayItem instance from ApplicationWorkbenchWindowAdvisor?

    You could put it in a more accessible class or even build one where and when you need it.

    Speaking of showing percentage while doing lengthy operations, I just wanted to mentioned the latest tasks icons improvements in Eclipse3.6M6 (not system tray, but related at they now can provide a good status indicator). See Snippet 336 for an example.

    • TaskItem overlay image

    The new API TaskItem#setOverlayImage(Image) allows clients to set an image to be displayed on top of the application button in the taskbar.

    alt text http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/S-3.6M6-201003121448/images/overlayimage.png

    • TaskItem overlay text

    The new API TaskItem#setOverlayText(String) allows clients to set a short text to be displayed on top of the application button in the taskbar.

    alt text http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/S-3.6M6-201003121448/images/overlaytext.png

    • TaskItem progress

    The new APIs TaskItem#setProgress(int) and TaskItem#setProgressState(int) allows clients to show progress indication in the application button in the taskbar.

    alt text http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/S-3.6M6-201003121448/images/progress.png

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