## GtkStatusIcon GtkStatusIcon — Display an icon in the system tray |

## Synopsis

    #include <gtk/gtk.h>

                        GtkStatusIcon;
    GtkStatusIcon *     gtk_status_icon_new                 (void);
    GtkStatusIcon *     gtk_status_icon_new_from_pixbuf     (GdkPixbuf *pixbuf);
    GtkStatusIcon *     gtk_status_icon_new_from_file       (const gchar *filename);
    GtkStatusIcon *     gtk_status_icon_new_from_stock      (const gchar *stock_id);
    GtkStatusIcon *     gtk_status_icon_new_from_icon_name  (const gchar *icon_name);
    GtkStatusIcon *     gtk_status_icon_new_from_gicon      (GIcon *icon);
    void                gtk_status_icon_set_from_pixbuf     (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                             GdkPixbuf *pixbuf);
    void                gtk_status_icon_set_from_file       (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                             const gchar *filename);
    void                gtk_status_icon_set_from_stock      (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                             const gchar *stock_id);
    void                gtk_status_icon_set_from_icon_name  (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                             const gchar *icon_name);
    void                gtk_status_icon_set_from_gicon      (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                             GIcon *icon);
    GtkImageType        gtk_status_icon_get_storage_type    (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);
    GdkPixbuf *         gtk_status_icon_get_pixbuf          (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);
    const gchar *       gtk_status_icon_get_stock           (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);
    const gchar *       gtk_status_icon_get_icon_name       (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);
    GIcon *             gtk_status_icon_get_gicon           (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);
    gint                gtk_status_icon_get_size            (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);
    void                gtk_status_icon_set_screen          (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                             GdkScreen *screen);
    GdkScreen *         gtk_status_icon_get_screen          (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);
    void                gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip         (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                             const gchar *tooltip_text);
    void                gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip_text    (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                             const gchar *text);
    gchar *             gtk_status_icon_get_tooltip_text    (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);
    void                gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip_markup  (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                             const gchar *markup);
    gchar *             gtk_status_icon_get_tooltip_markup  (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);
    void                gtk_status_icon_set_has_tooltip     (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                             gboolean has_tooltip);
    gboolean            gtk_status_icon_get_has_tooltip     (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);
    void                gtk_status_icon_set_title           (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                             const gchar *title);
    const gchar *       gtk_status_icon_get_title           (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);
    void                gtk_status_icon_set_visible         (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                             gboolean visible);
    gboolean            gtk_status_icon_get_visible         (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);
    void                gtk_status_icon_set_blinking        (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                             gboolean blinking);
    gboolean            gtk_status_icon_get_blinking        (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);
    gboolean            gtk_status_icon_is_embedded         (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);
    void                gtk_status_icon_position_menu       (GtkMenu *menu,
                                                             gint *x,
                                                             gint *y,
                                                             gboolean *push_in,
                                                             gpointer user_data);
    gboolean            gtk_status_icon_get_geometry        (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                             GdkScreen **screen,
                                                             GdkRectangle *area,
                                                             GtkOrientation *orientation);
    guint32             gtk_status_icon_get_x11_window_id   (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

## Object Hierarchy

      GObject
       +----GtkStatusIcon

## Properties

      "blinking"                 gboolean              : Read / Write
      "embedded"                 gboolean              : Read
      "file"                     gchar*                : Write
      "gicon"                    GIcon*                : Read / Write
      "has-tooltip"              gboolean              : Read / Write
      "icon-name"                gchar*                : Read / Write
      "orientation"              GtkOrientation        : Read
      "pixbuf"                   GdkPixbuf*            : Read / Write
      "screen"                   GdkScreen*            : Read / Write
      "size"                     gint                  : Read
      "stock"                    gchar*                : Read / Write
      "storage-type"             GtkImageType          : Read
      "title"                    gchar*                : Read / Write
      "tooltip-markup"           gchar*                : Read / Write
      "tooltip-text"             gchar*                : Read / Write
      "visible"                  gboolean              : Read / Write

## Signals

      "activate"                                       : Run First / Action
      "button-press-event"                             : Run Last
      "button-release-event"                           : Run Last
      "popup-menu"                                     : Run First / Action
      "query-tooltip"                                  : Run Last
      "scroll-event"                                   : Run Last
      "size-changed"                                   : Run Last

## Description

The "system tray" or notification area is normally used for transient icons that indicate some special state. For example, a system tray icon might appear to tell the user that they have new mail, or have an incoming instant message, or something along those lines. The basic idea is that creating an icon in the notification area is less annoying than popping up a dialog.

A GtkStatusIcon object can be used to display an icon in a "system tray". The icon can have a tooltip, and the user can interact with it by activating it or popping up a context menu. Critical information should not solely be displayed in a GtkStatusIcon, since it may not be visible (e.g. when the user doesn't have a notification area on his panel). This can be checked with `gtk_status_icon_is_embedded()`.

On X11, the implementation follows the freedesktop.org "System Tray" specification. Implementations of the "tray" side of this specification can be found e.g. in the GNOME and KDE panel applications.

Note that a GtkStatusIcon is not a widget, but just a GObject. Making it a widget would be impractical, since the system tray on Win32 doesn't allow to embed arbitrary widgets.

## Details

### GtkStatusIcon

    typedef struct _GtkStatusIcon GtkStatusIcon;

### gtk_status_icon_new ()

    GtkStatusIcon *     gtk_status_icon_new                 (void);

Creates an empty status icon object.

Returns : | a new GtkStatusIcon

Since 2.10

### gtk_status_icon_new_from_pixbuf ()

    GtkStatusIcon *     gtk_status_icon_new_from_pixbuf     (GdkPixbuf *pixbuf);

Creates a status icon displaying `pixbuf`.

The image will be scaled down to fit in the available space in the notification area, if necessary.

`pixbuf` : | a GdkPixbuf
Returns : | a new GtkStatusIcon

Since 2.10

### gtk_status_icon_new_from_file ()

    GtkStatusIcon *     gtk_status_icon_new_from_file       (const gchar *filename);

Creates a status icon displaying the file `filename`.

The image will be scaled down to fit in the available space in the notification area, if necessary.

`filename` : | a filename
Returns : | a new GtkStatusIcon

Since 2.10

### gtk_status_icon_new_from_stock ()

    GtkStatusIcon *     gtk_status_icon_new_from_stock      (const gchar *stock_id);

Creates a status icon displaying a stock icon. Sample stock icon names are GTK_STOCK_OPEN, GTK_STOCK_QUIT. You can register your own stock icon names, see `gtk_icon_factory_add_default()` and `gtk_icon_factory_add()`.

`stock_id` : | a stock icon id
Returns : | a new GtkStatusIcon

Since 2.10

### gtk_status_icon_new_from_icon_name ()

    GtkStatusIcon *     gtk_status_icon_new_from_icon_name  (const gchar *icon_name);

Creates a status icon displaying an icon from the current icon theme. If the current icon theme is changed, the icon will be updated appropriately.

`icon_name` : | an icon name
Returns : | a new GtkStatusIcon

Since 2.10

### gtk_status_icon_new_from_gicon ()

    GtkStatusIcon *     gtk_status_icon_new_from_gicon      (GIcon *icon);

Creates a status icon displaying a GIcon. If the icon is a themed icon, it will be updated when the theme changes.

`icon` : | a GIcon
Returns : | a new GtkStatusIcon

Since 2.14

### gtk_status_icon_set_from_pixbuf ()

    void                gtk_status_icon_set_from_pixbuf     (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                             GdkPixbuf *pixbuf);

Makes `status_icon` display `pixbuf`. See `gtk_status_icon_new_from_pixbuf()` for details.

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
`pixbuf` : | a GdkPixbuf or `NULL`

Since 2.10

### gtk_status_icon_set_from_file ()

    void                gtk_status_icon_set_from_file       (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                             const gchar *filename);

Makes `status_icon` display the file `filename`. See `gtk_status_icon_new_from_file()` for details.

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
`filename` : | a filename

Since 2.10

### gtk_status_icon_set_from_stock ()

    void                gtk_status_icon_set_from_stock      (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                             const gchar *stock_id);

Makes `status_icon` display the stock icon with the id `stock_id`. See `gtk_status_icon_new_from_stock()` for details.

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
`stock_id` : | a stock icon id

Since 2.10

### gtk_status_icon_set_from_icon_name ()

    void                gtk_status_icon_set_from_icon_name  (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                             const gchar *icon_name);

Makes `status_icon` display the icon named `icon_name` from the current icon theme. See `gtk_status_icon_new_from_icon_name()` for details.

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
`icon_name` : | an icon name

Since 2.10

### gtk_status_icon_set_from_gicon ()

    void                gtk_status_icon_set_from_gicon      (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                             GIcon *icon);

Makes `status_icon` display the GIcon. See `gtk_status_icon_new_from_gicon()` for details.

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
`icon` : | a GIcon

Since 2.14

### gtk_status_icon_get_storage_type ()

    GtkImageType        gtk_status_icon_get_storage_type    (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Gets the type of representation being used by the GtkStatusIcon to store image data. If the GtkStatusIcon has no image data, the return value will be `GTK_IMAGE_EMPTY`.

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
Returns : | the image representation being used

Since 2.10

### gtk_status_icon_get_pixbuf ()

    GdkPixbuf *         gtk_status_icon_get_pixbuf          (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Gets the GdkPixbuf being displayed by the GtkStatusIcon. The storage type of the status icon must be `GTK_IMAGE_EMPTY` or `GTK_IMAGE_PIXBUF` (see `gtk_status_icon_get_storage_type()`). The caller of this function does not own a reference to the returned pixbuf.

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
Returns : | the displayed pixbuf, or `NULL` if the image is empty.

Since 2.10

### gtk_status_icon_get_stock ()

    const gchar *       gtk_status_icon_get_stock           (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Gets the id of the stock icon being displayed by the GtkStatusIcon. The storage type of the status icon must be `GTK_IMAGE_EMPTY` or `GTK_IMAGE_STOCK` (see `gtk_status_icon_get_storage_type()`). The returned string is owned by the GtkStatusIcon and should not be freed or modified.

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
Returns : | stock id of the displayed stock icon, or `NULL` if the image is empty.

Since 2.10

### gtk_status_icon_get_icon_name ()

    const gchar *       gtk_status_icon_get_icon_name       (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Gets the name of the icon being displayed by the GtkStatusIcon. The storage type of the status icon must be `GTK_IMAGE_EMPTY` or `GTK_IMAGE_ICON_NAME` (see `gtk_status_icon_get_storage_type()`). The returned string is owned by the GtkStatusIcon and should not be freed or modified.

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
Returns : | name of the displayed icon, or `NULL` if the image is empty.

Since 2.10

### gtk_status_icon_get_gicon ()

    GIcon *             gtk_status_icon_get_gicon           (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Retrieves the GIcon being displayed by the GtkStatusIcon. The storage type of the status icon must be `GTK_IMAGE_EMPTY` or `GTK_IMAGE_GICON` (see `gtk_status_icon_get_storage_type()`). The caller of this function does not own a reference to the returned GIcon.

If this function fails, `icon` is left unchanged;

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
Returns : | the displayed icon, or `NULL` if the image is empty

Since 2.14

### gtk_status_icon_get_size ()

    gint                gtk_status_icon_get_size            (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Gets the size in pixels that is available for the image. Stock icons and named icons adapt their size automatically if the size of the notification area changes. For other storage types, the size-changed signal can be used to react to size changes.

Note that the returned size is only meaningful while the status icon is embedded (see `gtk_status_icon_is_embedded()`).

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
Returns : | the size that is available for the image

Since 2.10

### gtk_status_icon_set_screen ()

    void                gtk_status_icon_set_screen          (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                             GdkScreen *screen);

Sets the GdkScreen where `status_icon` is displayed; if the icon is already mapped, it will be unmapped, and then remapped on the new screen.

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
`screen` : | a GdkScreen

Since 2.12

### gtk_status_icon_get_screen ()

    GdkScreen *         gtk_status_icon_get_screen          (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Returns the GdkScreen associated with `status_icon`.

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
Returns : | a GdkScreen.

Since 2.12

### gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip ()

    void                gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip         (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                             const gchar *tooltip_text);

### Warning

`gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip` has been deprecated since version 2.16 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use `gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip_text()` instead.

Sets the tooltip of the status icon.

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
`tooltip_text` : | the tooltip text, or `NULL`

Since 2.10

### gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip_text ()

    void                gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip_text    (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                             const gchar *text);

Sets `text` as the contents of the tooltip.

This function will take care of setting "has-tooltip" to `TRUE` and of the default handler for the "query-tooltip" signal.

See also the "tooltip-text" property and `gtk_tooltip_set_text()`.

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
`text` : | the contents of the tooltip for `status_icon`

Since 2.16

### gtk_status_icon_get_tooltip_text ()

    gchar *             gtk_status_icon_get_tooltip_text    (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Gets the contents of the tooltip for `status_icon`.

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
Returns : | the tooltip text, or `NULL`. You should free the returned string with `g_free()` when done.

Since 2.16

### gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip_markup ()

    void                gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip_markup  (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                             const gchar *markup);

Sets `markup` as the contents of the tooltip, which is marked up with the Pango text markup language.

This function will take care of setting "has-tooltip" to `TRUE` and of the default handler for the "query-tooltip" signal.

See also the "tooltip-markup" property and `gtk_tooltip_set_markup()`.

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
`markup` : | the contents of the tooltip for `status_icon`, or `NULL`

Since 2.16

### gtk_status_icon_get_tooltip_markup ()

    gchar *             gtk_status_icon_get_tooltip_markup  (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Gets the contents of the tooltip for `status_icon`.

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
Returns : | the tooltip text, or `NULL`. You should free the returned string with `g_free()` when done.

Since 2.16

### gtk_status_icon_set_has_tooltip ()

    void                gtk_status_icon_set_has_tooltip     (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                             gboolean has_tooltip);

Sets the has-tooltip property on `status_icon` to `has_tooltip`. See "has-tooltip" for more information.

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
`has_tooltip` : | whether or not `status_icon` has a tooltip

Since 2.16

### gtk_status_icon_get_has_tooltip ()

    gboolean            gtk_status_icon_get_has_tooltip     (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Returns the current value of the has-tooltip property. See "has-tooltip" for more information.

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
Returns : | current value of has-tooltip on `status_icon`.

Since 2.16

### gtk_status_icon_set_title ()

    void                gtk_status_icon_set_title           (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                             const gchar *title);

Sets the title of this tray icon. This should be a short, human-readable, localized string describing the tray icon. It may be used by tools like screen readers to render the tray icon.

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
`title` : | the title

Since 2.18

### gtk_status_icon_get_title ()

    const gchar *       gtk_status_icon_get_title           (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Gets the title of this tray icon. See `gtk_status_icon_set_title()`.

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
Returns : | the title of the status icon

Since 2.18

### gtk_status_icon_set_visible ()

    void                gtk_status_icon_set_visible         (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                             gboolean visible);

Shows or hides a status icon.

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
`visible` : | `TRUE` to show the status icon, `FALSE` to hide it

Since 2.10

### gtk_status_icon_get_visible ()

    gboolean            gtk_status_icon_get_visible         (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Returns whether the status icon is visible or not. Note that being visible does not guarantee that the user can actually see the icon, see also `gtk_status_icon_is_embedded()`.

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
Returns : | `TRUE` if the status icon is visible

Since 2.10

### gtk_status_icon_set_blinking ()

    void                gtk_status_icon_set_blinking        (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                             gboolean blinking);

Makes the status icon start or stop blinking. Note that blinking user interface elements may be problematic for some users, and thus may be turned off, in which case this setting has no effect.

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
`blinking` : | `TRUE` to turn blinking on, `FALSE` to turn it off

Since 2.10

### gtk_status_icon_get_blinking ()

    gboolean            gtk_status_icon_get_blinking        (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Returns whether the icon is blinking, see `gtk_status_icon_set_blinking()`.

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
Returns : | `TRUE` if the icon is blinking

Since 2.10

### gtk_status_icon_is_embedded ()

    gboolean            gtk_status_icon_is_embedded         (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

Returns whether the status icon is embedded in a notification area.

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
Returns : | `TRUE` if the status icon is embedded in a notification area.

Since 2.10

### gtk_status_icon_position_menu ()

    void                gtk_status_icon_position_menu       (GtkMenu *menu,
                                                             gint *x,
                                                             gint *y,
                                                             gboolean *push_in,
                                                             gpointer user_data);

Menu positioning function to use with `gtk_menu_popup()` to position `menu` aligned to the status icon `user_data`.

`menu` : | the GtkMenu
`x` : | return location for the x position
`y` : | return location for the y position
`push_in` : | whether the first menu item should be offset (pushed in) to be aligned with the menu popup position (only useful for GtkOptionMenu).
`user_data` : | the status icon to position the menu on

Since 2.10

### gtk_status_icon_get_geometry ()

    gboolean            gtk_status_icon_get_geometry        (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                             GdkScreen **screen,
                                                             GdkRectangle *area,
                                                             GtkOrientation *orientation);

Obtains information about the location of the status icon on screen. This information can be used to e.g. position popups like notification bubbles.

See `gtk_status_icon_position_menu()` for a more convenient alternative for positioning menus.

Note that some platforms do not allow GTK+ to provide this information, and even on platforms that do allow it, the information is not reliable unless the status icon is embedded in a notification area, see `gtk_status_icon_is_embedded()`.

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
`screen` : | return location for the screen, or `NULL` if the information is not needed
`area` : | return location for the area occupied by the status icon, or `NULL`
`orientation` : | return location for the orientation of the panel in which the status icon is embedded, or `NULL`. A panel at the top or bottom of the screen is horizontal, a panel at the left or right is vertical.
Returns : | `TRUE` if the location information has been filled in

Since 2.10

### gtk_status_icon_get_x11_window_id ()

    guint32             gtk_status_icon_get_x11_window_id   (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon);

This function is only useful on the X11/freedesktop.org platform. It returns a window ID for the widget in the underlying status icon implementation. This is useful for the Galago notification service, which can send a window ID in the protocol in order for the server to position notification windows pointing to a status icon reliably.

This function is not intended for other use cases which are more likely to be met by one of the non-X11 specific methods, such as `gtk_status_icon_position_menu()`.

`status_icon` : | a GtkStatusIcon
Returns : | An 32 bit unsigned integer identifier for the underlying X11 Window

Since 2.14

## Property Details

### The `"blinking"` property

      "blinking"                 gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether or not the status icon is blinking.

Default value: FALSE

### The `"embedded"` property

      "embedded"                 gboolean              : Read

`TRUE` if the statusicon is embedded in a notification area.

Default value: FALSE

Since 2.12

### The `"file"` property

      "file"                     gchar*                : Write

Filename to load and display.

Default value: NULL

### The `"gicon"` property

      "gicon"                    GIcon*                : Read / Write

The GIcon displayed in the GtkStatusIcon. For themed icons, the image will be updated automatically if the theme changes.

Since 2.14

### The `"has-tooltip"` property

      "has-tooltip"              gboolean              : Read / Write

Enables or disables the emission of "query-tooltip" on `status_icon`. A value of `TRUE` indicates that `status_icon` can have a tooltip, in this case the status icon will be queried using "query-tooltip" to determine whether it will provide a tooltip or not.

Note that setting this property to `TRUE` for the first time will change the event masks of the windows of this status icon to include leave-notify and motion-notify events. This will not be undone when the property is set to `FALSE` again.

Whether this property is respected is platform dependent. For plain text tooltips, use "tooltip-text" in preference.

Default value: FALSE

Since 2.16

### The `"icon-name"` property

      "icon-name"                gchar*                : Read / Write

The name of the icon from the icon theme.

Default value: NULL

### The `"orientation"` property

      "orientation"              GtkOrientation        : Read

The orientation of the tray in which the statusicon is embedded.

Default value: GTK_ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL

Since 2.12

### The `"pixbuf"` property

      "pixbuf"                   GdkPixbuf*            : Read / Write

A GdkPixbuf to display.

### The `"screen"` property

      "screen"                   GdkScreen*            : Read / Write

The screen where this status icon will be displayed.

### The `"size"` property

      "size"                     gint                  : Read

The size of the icon.

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 0

### The `"stock"` property

      "stock"                    gchar*                : Read / Write

Stock ID for a stock image to display.

Default value: NULL

### The `"storage-type"` property

      "storage-type"             GtkImageType          : Read

The representation being used for image data.

Default value: GTK_IMAGE_EMPTY

### The `"title"` property

      "title"                    gchar*                : Read / Write

The title of this tray icon. This should be a short, human-readable, localized string describing the tray icon. It may be used by tools like screen readers to render the tray icon.

Default value: NULL

Since 2.18

### The `"tooltip-markup"` property

      "tooltip-markup"           gchar*                : Read / Write

Sets the text of tooltip to be the given string, which is marked up with the Pango text markup language. Also see `gtk_tooltip_set_markup()`.

This is a convenience property which will take care of getting the tooltip shown if the given string is not `NULL`. "has-tooltip" will automatically be set to `TRUE` and the default handler for the "query-tooltip" signal will take care of displaying the tooltip.

On some platforms, embedded markup will be ignored.

Default value: NULL

Since 2.16

### The `"tooltip-text"` property

      "tooltip-text"             gchar*                : Read / Write

Sets the text of tooltip to be the given string.

Also see `gtk_tooltip_set_text()`.

This is a convenience property which will take care of getting the tooltip shown if the given string is not `NULL`. "has-tooltip" will automatically be set to `TRUE` and the default handler for the "query-tooltip" signal will take care of displaying the tooltip.

Note that some platforms have limitations on the length of tooltips that they allow on status icons, e.g. Windows only shows the first 64 characters.

Default value: NULL

Since 2.16

### The `"visible"` property

      "visible"                  gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether or not the status icon is visible.

Default value: TRUE

## Signal Details

### The `"activate"` signal

    void                user_function                      (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                            gpointer       user_data)        : Run First / Action

Gets emitted when the user activates the status icon. If and how status icons can activated is platform-dependent.

Unlike most G_SIGNAL_ACTION signals, this signal is meant to be used by applications and should be wrapped by language bindings.

`status_icon` : | the object which received the signal
`user_data` : | user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Since 2.10

### The `"button-press-event"` signal

    gboolean            user_function                      (GtkStatusIcon  *status_icon,
                                                            GdkEventButton *event,
                                                            gpointer        user_data)        : Run Last

The ::button-press-event signal will be emitted when a button (typically from a mouse) is pressed.

Whether this event is emitted is platform-dependent. Use the ::activate and ::popup-menu signals in preference.

`status_icon` : | the object which received the signal
`event` : | the GdkEventButton which triggered this signal
`user_data` : | user data set when the signal handler was connected.
Returns : | `TRUE` to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. `FALSE` to propagate the event further.

Since 2.14

### The `"button-release-event"` signal

    gboolean            user_function                      (GtkStatusIcon  *status_icon,
                                                            GdkEventButton *event,
                                                            gpointer        user_data)        : Run Last

The ::button-release-event signal will be emitted when a button (typically from a mouse) is released.

Whether this event is emitted is platform-dependent. Use the ::activate and ::popup-menu signals in preference.

`status_icon` : | the object which received the signal
`event` : | the GdkEventButton which triggered this signal
`user_data` : | user data set when the signal handler was connected.
Returns : | `TRUE` to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. `FALSE` to propagate the event further.

Since 2.14

### The `"popup-menu"` signal

    void                user_function                      (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                            guint          button,
                                                            guint          activate_time,
                                                            gpointer       user_data)          : Run First / Action

Gets emitted when the user brings up the context menu of the status icon. Whether status icons can have context menus and how these are activated is platform-dependent.

The `button` and `activate_time` parameters should be passed as the last to arguments to `gtk_menu_popup()`.

Unlike most G_SIGNAL_ACTION signals, this signal is meant to be used by applications and should be wrapped by language bindings.

`status_icon` : | the object which received the signal
`button` : | the button that was pressed, or 0 if the signal is not emitted in response to a button press event
`activate_time` : | the timestamp of the event that triggered the signal emission
`user_data` : | user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Since 2.10

### The `"query-tooltip"` signal

    gboolean            user_function                      (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                            gint           x,
                                                            gint           y,
                                                            gboolean       keyboard_mode,
                                                            GtkTooltip    *tooltip,
                                                            gpointer       user_data)          : Run Last

Emitted when the "gtk-tooltip-timeout" has expired with the cursor hovering above `status_icon`; or emitted when `status_icon` got focus in keyboard mode.

Using the given coordinates, the signal handler should determine whether a tooltip should be shown for `status_icon`. If this is the case `TRUE` should be returned, `FALSE` otherwise. Note that if `keyboard_mode` is `TRUE`, the values of `x` and `y` are undefined and should not be used.

The signal handler is free to manipulate `tooltip` with the therefore destined function calls.

Whether this signal is emitted is platform-dependent. For plain text tooltips, use "tooltip-text" in preference.

`status_icon` : | the object which received the signal
`x` : | the x coordinate of the cursor position where the request has been emitted, relative to `status_icon`
`y` : | the y coordinate of the cursor position where the request has been emitted, relative to `status_icon`
`keyboard_mode` : | `TRUE` if the tooltip was trigged using the keyboard
`tooltip` : | a GtkTooltip
`user_data` : | user data set when the signal handler was connected.
Returns : | `TRUE` if `tooltip` should be shown right now, `FALSE` otherwise.

Since 2.16

### The `"scroll-event"` signal

    gboolean            user_function                      (GtkStatusIcon  *status_icon,
                                                            GdkEventScroll *event,
                                                            gpointer        user_data)        : Run Last

The ::scroll-event signal is emitted when a button in the 4 to 7 range is pressed. Wheel mice are usually configured to generate button press events for buttons 4 and 5 when the wheel is turned.

Whether this event is emitted is platform-dependent.

`status_icon` : | the object which received the signal.
`event` : | the GdkEventScroll which triggered this signal
`user_data` : | user data set when the signal handler was connected.
Returns : | `TRUE` to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. `FALSE` to propagate the event further.

### The `"size-changed"` signal

    gboolean            user_function                      (GtkStatusIcon *status_icon,
                                                            gint           size,
                                                            gpointer       user_data)        : Run Last

Gets emitted when the size available for the image changes, e.g. because the notification area got resized.

`status_icon` : | the object which received the signal
`size` : | the new size
`user_data` : | user data set when the signal handler was connected.
Returns : | `TRUE` if the icon was updated for the new size. Otherwise, GTK+ will scale the icon as necessary.

Since 2.10