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I want to create a status bar icon with my C++ application using wxWidgets. Is this possible? I didn't find anything useful regarding this problem. I do not talk about a menu bar but a status bar (icon). Like for example the dropbox app has. Here is a tutorial using Xcode that describes what I want to do but my application uses wxWidgets with C++. I did not include code here because I just need an example how to do it. And here is a post to some python code that looks like it can do this, but I did not find these header files.

Here an example image of what I want to archive: enter image description here

trinity420
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    Isn't `wxTaskBarIcon` with `wxTBI_CUSTOM_STATUSITEM` type what what you were looking for? – catalin May 02 '20 at 17:40
  • @catalin Oh that looks promising! I will try to find a sample code in C++. – trinity420 May 02 '20 at 17:47
  • @catalin I did't get i working in C++, I found an example code in python but don't know the equivalent in C++, can you help me? – trinity420 May 03 '20 at 19:56
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    In `taskbar` sample that comes with wxW, file `tbtest.cpp`, search for `m_dockIcon = new MyTaskBarIcon(wxTBI_DOCK)` and replace the `iconType` value with the one mentioned earlier. You can also build and run the sample and see how it works for you. – catalin May 03 '20 at 22:24
  • Thanks, I feel stupid I didn't found that myself.. but strange that my web search didn't come up with that. The taskbar sample did exactly what I need, thus creating a status icon with context menu! I will study it's code. – trinity420 May 04 '20 at 12:46

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