JDK-6285881 : JTrayIcon: support Swing JPopupMenus for tray icons
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: client-libs
  • Sub-Component: javax.swing
  • Affected Version: 6
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Duplicate
  • OS: windows_xp
  • CPU: x86,itanium
  • Submitted: 2005-06-15
  • Updated: 2024-06-03
  • Resolved: 2024-03-25
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Related Reports
Duplicate :  
JDK-6287100 - Should be able to use JPopupMenu for tray icons
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JDK-6471755 - TrayIcon -- support JPopupMenu (not only PopupMenu) in the constructor
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JDK-6575405 - JTrayIcon class with javax.swing.ImageIcon and JPopupMenu
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JDK-6421284 - JPopupMenu behaves incorrectly with invoker being set to null
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JDK-6580930 - Swing Popups should overlap taskbar
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JDK-6217905 - JPopupMenu keyboard navigation stops working
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JDK-6575405 - JTrayIcon class with javax.swing.ImageIcon and JPopupMenu
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JDK-6530871 - ClassCastException with JPopupMenu attached to TrayIcon
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JDK-6580925 - Swing Popups don't get hidden on Alt+Tab
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JDK-6583251 - One more ClassCastException in Swing with TrayIcon
Description
A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST :
Tray icons in Mustang support showing a PopupMenu.  By allowing to show a Swing JPopupMenu, we get additional features such as menu icons.

A solution would be to create a JTrayIcon class that was a subclass of TrayIcon that added additional constructors to take in a JPopupMenu and perhaps even a custom component for rendering a status message.  The JTrayIcon class could be in the javax.swing package tree, therefore there would be no AWT dependency on Swing.


JUSTIFICATION :
The ability to use a JPopupMenu for tray icons would provide additional functionality such as menu icons.


CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
A mouse listener could be registered with the tray icon that shows the JPopupMenu in a new window above the icon, however this involves additional work on the user's part.
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Comments
This is exactly the same request as JDK-6575405: support for JPopupMenu instead of java.awt.PopupMenu.
25-03-2024
WORK AROUND Here is a piece of code that can be used to show JPopupMenu from tray icon: trayIcon.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() { public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) { if (e.isPopupTrigger()) { jpopup.setLocation(e.getX(), e.getY()); jpopup.setInvoker(jpopup); jpopup.setVisible(true); } } }); However, this will lead to the Java application doesn't shutdown automatically (see 6400183 for details). Another way is to set jpopup's invoker to null, but this also doesn't work (see 6421284 for details).
05-05-2006
EVALUATION Definitely something we plan to investigate.
02-08-2005