import PySimpleGUI as sg from psgtray import SystemTray """ A System Tray Icon courtesy of pystray and your friends at PySimpleGUI Import the SystemTray object with this line of code: from psgtray import SystemTray Key for the system tray icon is: tray = SystemTray() tray.key values[key] contains the menu item chosen. One trick employed here is to change the window's event to be the event from the System Tray. Copyright PySimpleGUI 2021 """ def main(): menu = ['', ['Show Window', 'Hide Window', '---', '!Disabled Item', 'Change Icon', ['Happy', 'Sad', 'Plain'], 'Exit']] tooltip = 'Tooltip' layout = [[sg.Text('My PySimpleGUI Celebration Window - X will minimize to tray')], [sg.T('Double clip icon to restore or right click and choose Show Window')], [sg.T('Icon Tooltip:'), sg.Input(tooltip, key='-IN-', s=(20,1)), sg.B('Change Tooltip')], [sg.Multiline(size=(60,10), reroute_stdout=False, reroute_cprint=True, write_only=True, key='-OUT-')], [sg.Button('Go'), sg.B('Hide Icon'), sg.B('Show Icon'), sg.B('Hide Window'), sg.Button('Exit')]] window = sg.Window('Window Title', layout, finalize=True, enable_close_attempted_event=True) tray = SystemTray(menu, single_click_events=False, window=window, tooltip=tooltip, icon=sg.DEFAULT_BASE64_ICON) tray.show_message('System Tray', 'System Tray Icon Started!') sg.cprint(sg.get_versions()) while True: event, values = window.read() # IMPORTANT step. It's not required, but convenient. Set event to value from tray # if it's a tray event, change the event variable to be whatever the tray sent if event == tray.key: sg.cprint(f'System Tray Event = ', values[event], c='white on red') event = values[event] # use the System Tray's event as if was from the window if event in (sg.WIN_CLOSED, 'Exit'): break sg.cprint(event, values) tray.show_message(title=event, message=values) if event in ('Show Window', sg.EVENT_SYSTEM_TRAY_ICON_DOUBLE_CLICKED): window.un_hide() window.bring_to_front() elif event in ('Hide Window', sg.WIN_CLOSE_ATTEMPTED_EVENT): window.hide() tray.show_icon() # if hiding window, better make sure the icon is visible # tray.notify('System Tray Item Chosen', f'You chose {event}') elif event == 'Happy': tray.change_icon(sg.EMOJI_BASE64_HAPPY_JOY) elif event == 'Sad': tray.change_icon(sg.EMOJI_BASE64_FRUSTRATED) elif event == 'Plain': tray.change_icon(sg.DEFAULT_BASE64_ICON) elif event == 'Hide Icon': tray.hide_icon() elif event == 'Show Icon': tray.show_icon() elif event == 'Change Tooltip': tray.set_tooltip(values['-IN-']) tray.close() # optional but without a close, the icon may "linger" until moused over window.close() if __name__ == '__main__': main()