<AWT Dev> Linux: tray icon improvements planned?

[Janda Martin]

Hi,

  I'm sorry I don't have experience with linux development. I'm Java developer with some C/C++ knowledge on Windows.

Bugs are already reported
6453521 - TrayIcon should support transparency - created: 27-JUL-2006
  http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6453521

!!!VOTES!!! - 124

Thank you
  Martin


----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Petrov" <anthony.petrov at oracle.com>
To: "Janda Martin" <jandam at crcdata.cz>
Cc: "awt-dev" <awt-dev at openjdk.java.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 6, 2012 2:32:46 PM GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlin / Bern / Rome / Stockholm / Vienna
Subject: Re: <AWT Dev> Linux: tray icon improvements planned?

Hi Janda,

Do you want to propose fixes for these issues? If so, you're welcome to 
develop, test, and send them for a review on this mailing list.

If you're simply reporting bugs, please do so at http://bugs.sun.com/

Thank you.

--
best regards,
Anthony

On 6/6/2012 12:40 AM, Janda Martin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>   Are there any plans for improving tray icon support in Java 7?
> 
> Current problems in Java7u4:
> 1) PNG icon with alpha channel has gray/opaque background
> 2) system tray icon size not correctly detected.
>   Example: OpenSuse 12.1, KDE - reported 24x24 should be 22x22 pixels
>   I think that 24px is hard coded in sources. Due to 1) can be used smaller icon that is not centered when scaled
> 
>   Thank you
> 
>   Martin