Question

I have a little control-panel, just a little application that I made. I would like to minimize/put the control-panel up/down with the systemicons, together with battery life, date, networks etc.

Anyone that can give me a clue, link to a tutorial or something to read?

Answer 1

As of Java 6, this is supported in the SystemTray and TrayIcon classes. SystemTray has a pretty extensive example in its Javadocs:

TrayIcon trayIcon = null; if (SystemTray.isSupported()) {     // get the SystemTray instance     SystemTray tray = SystemTray.getSystemTray();     // load an image     Image image = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage('your_image/path_here.gif');     // create a action listener to listen for default action executed on the tray icon     ActionListener listener = new ActionListener() {         public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {             // execute default action of the application             // ...         }     };     // create a popup menu     PopupMenu popup = new PopupMenu();     // create menu item for the default action     MenuItem defaultItem = new MenuItem(...);     defaultItem.addActionListener(listener);     popup.add(defaultItem);     /// ... add other items     // construct a TrayIcon     trayIcon = new TrayIcon(image, 'Tray Demo', popup);     // set the TrayIcon properties     trayIcon.addActionListener(listener);     // ...     // add the tray image     try {         tray.add(trayIcon);     } catch (AWTException e) {         System.err.println(e);     }     // ... } else {     // disable tray option in your application or     // perform other actions     ... } // ... // some time later // the application state has changed - update the image if (trayIcon != null) {     trayIcon.setImage(updatedImage); } // ... 

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