Java Swing Tutorial - Java TrayIcon.setToolTip(String tooltip)








Syntax

TrayIcon.setToolTip(String tooltip) has the following syntax.

public void setToolTip(String tooltip)

Example

In the following code shows how to use TrayIcon.setToolTip(String tooltip) method.

import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.MenuItem;
import java.awt.PopupMenu;
import java.awt.SystemTray;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.TrayIcon;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
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public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args)throws Exception {
    if (!SystemTray.isSupported()) {
      System.out.println("SystemTray is not supported");
      return;
    }

    SystemTray tray = SystemTray.getSystemTray();
    Toolkit toolkit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
    Image image = toolkit.getImage("trayIcon.jpg");

    PopupMenu menu = new PopupMenu();

    MenuItem messageItem = new MenuItem("Show Message");
    messageItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        System.out.println("asdf");
      }
    });
    menu.add(messageItem);

    MenuItem closeItem = new MenuItem("Close");
    closeItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        System.exit(0);
      }
    });
    menu.add(closeItem);
    TrayIcon icon = new TrayIcon(image, "SystemTray Demo", menu);
    icon.setImageAutoSize(true);

    icon.setToolTip("tooltip");
    tray.add(icon);
  }
}