1Gtk2::AppIndicator(3) User Contributed Perl DocumentationGtk2::AppIndicator(3)
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6 Gtk2::AppIndicator - Perl extension for libappindicator
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9 use Gtk2 '-init';
10 use Gtk2::AppIndicator;
11 use Cwd;
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13 # Initialize the status icon. an_icon_name must be present
14 # at the icon theme path location, with an image extension like
15 # .jpg, .png or .svg, etc.
16 $status_icon=Gtk2::AppIndicator->new("AnAppName","an_icon_name");
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18 # If you want to be in control over your icon location, you
19 # can set it manually. It must be an absolute path, in order
20 # to work.
21 my $absolute_current_working_directory=getcwd();
22 my $acwd=$absolute_current_working_directory;
23 $status_icon->set_icon_theme_path($acwd);
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25 # Optionally set different icons
26 # $status_icon->set_icon_name_active("an_icon_name");
27 # $status_icon->set_icon_name_attention("an_other_icon_name");
28 # $status_icon->set_icon_name_passive("an_other_icon_name");
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30 # Add a menu to the indicator
31 my $menu=Gtk2::Menu->new();
32 my $showcp=Gtk2::CheckMenuItem->new_with_mnemonic("_Show My App");
33 $showcp->set_active(1);
34 $showcp->signal_connect("toggled",sub { hide_show($window,$showcp); });
35 my $quit=Gtk2::MenuItem->new_with_mnemonic("_Quit");
36 $quit->signal_connect("activate",sub { Gtk->main_quit(); });
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38 $menu->append($showcp);
39 $menu->append(Gtk2::SeparatorMenuItem->new());
40 $menu->append($quit);
41 $status_icon->set_menu($menu);
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43 # Show our icon and set the state
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45 $status_icon->set_active();
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48 This module gives an interface to the new ubuntu Unity libappindicator
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52 $ind=Gtk2::AppIndicator->new($application_id,$active_icon_name [,$category])
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54 Creates a new application indicator object with given name (id) and
55 icon name for the active icon. Category must be one of {
56 'application-status','communications','system-services','hardware','other'
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59 $ind->set_icon_theme_path($path)
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61 Set the icon theme path to 'path'. This is where icons should be found
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64 $ind->get_icon_theme_path()
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66 Returns the (previously written) icon theme path, or undefined if not
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69 $ind->get_category()
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71 Returns the previously set category with the new function.
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73 $ind->get_id()
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75 Returns the application id given to the new function.
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77 $ind->set_icon_name_active($name)
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79 Sets the icon name for the active icon.
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81 $ind->get_icon_name_active()
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83 Returns the name of the icon for active state.
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85 $ind->set_icon_name_attention($name)
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89 $ind->get_icon_name_attention()
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91 Returns the name of the icon for attention state.
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93 $ind->set_active()
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95 Makes the application indicator active.
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97 $ind->set_attention()
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99 Makes the application indicator show the attention icon.
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101 $ind->set_passive()
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103 Makes the application indicator enter passive state, not showing any
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106 $ind->set_state($state)
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108 Sets application indicator in the given state, one of
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111 $ind->get_state()
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113 Returns the current state of the application indicator.
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115 $ind->set_menu($menu)
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117 Sets the popup menu for the indicator icon.
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119 $ind->get_menu()
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121 Returns the current menu (not from the C code, but as stored in the
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124 $ind->set_secondary_activate_target($widget)
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126 Sets the secondary active target (under the middle mouse button) to
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129 $ind->get_secondary_activate_target()
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131 Returns the current secondary active target (not from the C code, but
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135 Hans Oesterholt, <oesterhol@cpan.org>
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138 Copyright (C) 2012 by Hans Oesterholt <oesterhol@cpan.org>
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140 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
141 under the terms of the Artistic License, which comes with Perl.
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