<AWT Dev> Linux: tray icon improvements planned?

[Artem Ananiev]

124 votes! It does look like a good reason to fix it... I have changed 
the bug priority to P3 and targeted it to JDK8. If the fix is safe, 
we'll then backport it to 7uX.

Thanks,

Artem

On 6/7/2012 9:43 PM, Janda Martin wrote:
> 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