I have an application wich is minimized to the tray (showing an icon) when the user close it. What I need to know is how can I call it back with a combination of keys, like Ctrl+Alt+Something. Actually I call it back when I double-click it, but it will be nice to do the same on a keystroke. Here is a portion of the code:
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""The user interface for our app"""
import os,sys
import ConfigParser
# Import Qt modules
from PyQt4 import QtCore,QtGui
# Import the compiled UI module
from octo import Ui_Form
CFG_PATH = "etc/config.list" #Config File Path
#config.list vars DEFAULT Values
ClipCount = 8
Static = ""
window = None
# Create a class for our main window
class Main(QtGui.QWidget):
def __init__(self):
QtGui.QWidget.__init__(self)
# This is always the same
self.ui=Ui_Form()
self.ui.setupUi(self)
# Window Icon
icon = QtGui.QIcon("SSaver.ico")
self.setWindowIcon(icon)
self.setWindowTitle("Octopy")
# Set the timer =)
self.timer = self.startTimer(1000) #self.killTimer(self.timer)
# Clipboard Counter
self.counter = 0
#Last trapped clipboard
self.LastClip = ""
self.tentacles = [""] * 8
self.cmd = []
self.cmd.append(self.ui.cmd_1)
self.cmd.append(self.ui.cmd_2)
self.cmd.append(self.ui.cmd_3)
self.cmd.append(self.ui.cmd_4)
self.cmd.append(self.ui.cmd_5)
self.cmd.append(self.ui.cmd_6)
self.cmd.append(self.ui.cmd_7)
self.cmd.append(self.ui.cmd_8)
## Events ##
def on_cmd_8_pressed(self): #Clear
for i in range(0,7):
self.tentacles[i] = ""
self.cmd[i].setText(self.tentacles[i])
def on_cmd_1_pressed(self):
t = self.ui.cmd_1.text()
self.setClp(t)
def on_cmd_2_pressed(self):
t = self.ui.cmd_2.text()
self.setClp(t)
def on_cmd_3_pressed(self):
t = self.ui.cmd_3.text()
self.setClp(t)
def on_cmd_4_pressed(self):
t = self.ui.cmd_4.text()
self.setClp(t)
def on_cmd_5_pressed(self):
t = self.ui.cmd_5.text()
self.setClp(t)
def on_cmd_6_pressed(self):
t = self.ui.cmd_6.text()
self.setClp(t)
def on_cmd_7_pressed(self):
t = self.ui.cmd_7.text()
self.setClp(t)
def hideEvent(self,event): # Capture close and minimize events
pass
def keyPressEvent(self,ev):
if ev.key() == 16777216:
self.hide()
def showEvent(self,ev):
self.fillClp()
def timerEvent(self,ev):
c = self.getClp()
if c:
#print c, self.counter
self.tentacles[self.counter] = c
if self.counter < 7:
self.counter += 1
else:
self.counter = 0
self.fillClp()
## Functions ##
def fillClp(self):
for i in range(0,7):
self.cmd[i].setText(self.tentacles[i])
def getClp(self):
clp = QtGui.QApplication.clipboard()
c = clp.text()
if self.LastClip != c:
self.LastClip = c
return c
else:
return None
def setClp(self, t):
clp = QtGui.QApplication.clipboard()
clp.setText(t)
class SystemTrayIcon(QtGui.QSystemTrayIcon):
def __init__(self, icon, parent=None):
QtGui.QSystemTrayIcon.__init__(self, icon, parent)
menu = QtGui.QMenu(parent)
# Actions
self.action_quit = QtGui.QAction("Quit", self)
self.action_about = QtGui.QAction("About Octopy", self)
# Add actions to menu
menu.addAction(self.action_about)
menu.addSeparator()
menu.addAction(self.action_quit)
# Connect menu with signals
self.connect(self.action_about, QtCore.SIGNAL("triggered()"), self.about)
self.connect(self.action_quit, QtCore.SIGNAL("triggered()"), self.quit)
# Other signals
traySignal = "activated(QSystemTrayIcon::ActivationReason)"
QtCore.QObject.connect(self, QtCore.SIGNAL(traySignal), self.icon_activated)
# Create Menu
self.setContextMenu(menu)
def quit(self):
w = QtGui.QWidget()
reply = QtGui.QMessageBox.question(w, 'Confirm Action',"Are you sure to quit?", QtGui.QMessageBox.Yes, QtGui.QMessageBox.No)
if reply == QtGui.QMessageBox.Yes:
QtGui.QApplication.quit()
def about(self):
w = QtGui.QWidget()
QtGui.QMessageBox.information(w, 'About', "Octopy Multi-Clipboard Manager\n Developed by mRt.")
def icon_activated(self, reason):
if reason == QtGui.QSystemTrayIcon.DoubleClick:
window.show()
else:
print "otro"
def main():
# Again, this is boilerplate, it's going to be the same on
# almost every app you write
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
# TrayIcon
w = QtGui.QWidget()
icon = QtGui.QIcon("SSaver.ico")
trayIcon = SystemTrayIcon(icon, w)
trayIcon.show()
trayIcon.setToolTip("Octopy Multi-Clipboard Manager")
# Main Window
global window
window=Main()
window.show()
window.setWindowTitle("Octopy")
app.setQuitOnLastWindowClosed(0)
sys.exit(app.exec_())
def readIni():
cfg = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
cfg.read(CFG_PATH)
ClipCount = int(cfg.get("Other","ClipCount"))
Static = cfg.get("Other","Static")
clip = [""] * int(ClipCount+1)
if __name__ == "__main__":
readIni()
main()
The complete program is hosted on google: http://code.google.com/p/octopys/downloads/list
For a keystroke to be handled by your application when it does not have keyboard focus, you need to install a global shortcut. Qt doesn’t support this, but Qxt, a Qt extension library, does. See
http://doc.libqxt.org/0.5.0/classQxtGlobalShortcut.html. I don’t know if PyQt bindings exist for Qxt.