Exploring the use of compose desktop for a project...

# compose-desktop

[John Dumais]

Exploring the use of compose desktop for a project I'm working on. Would like it to be a menu bar app on macos and a system tray app in Windows. Are there any examples / tutorials available? Thanks

[Colton Idle]

The jetbrains toolbox app is an example, but I don't think the source is public.

[John Dumais]

Ah. Wonder if they'd consider doing an example?

[Alexander Kurasov[JB]]

Just create Tray object without Window

import androidx.compose.ui.ExperimentalComposeUiApi
import androidx.compose.ui.geometry.Size
import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.drawscope.DrawScope
import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.painter.Painter
import androidx.compose.ui.window.Notification
import androidx.compose.ui.window.Tray
import androidx.compose.ui.window.application
import androidx.compose.ui.window.rememberTrayState

@OptIn(ExperimentalComposeUiApi::class, androidx.compose.foundation.ExperimentalFoundationApi::class)
fun main() = application() {
    val trayState = rememberTrayState()
    Tray(
        state = trayState,
        icon = TrayIcon,
        menu = {
            Item(
                "Exit",
                onClick = {
                    exitApplication()
                }
            )
        }
    )
}

object TrayIcon : Painter() {
    override val intrinsicSize = Size(256f, 256f)

    override fun DrawScope.onDraw() {
        drawOval(Color(0xFFFFA500))
    }
}

[Alexander Kurasov[JB]]

Added it to Tray tutorial

[elect]

@Alexander Kurasov[JB] where?

[Alexander Kurasov[JB]]

Tray tutorial is here - https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-jb/tree/master/tutorials/Tray_Notifications_MenuBar_new

[elect]

thanks

[elect]

you may want to start each tutorial with a letter, so they get ordered properly.. ie A_Getting_Started

[Alexander Kurasov[JB]]

Thank you for feedback! Actually we are going to rework the tutorial structure to make it more usable.

[elect]

would the Edu plugin be useful in this case? Note: I don't know it yet

[Alexander Kurasov[JB]]

Not sure, maybe will try it

[elect]

btw, on Ubuntu I get this weird chars for \t

[Alexander Kurasov[JB]]

could you report it to github, please?

[elect]

sure

[elect]

it's there

[Alexander Kurasov[JB]]

I see. Most probably it won’t be fixed before next release. I’ll check if there is the same issue on Mac

[Alexander Kurasov[JB]]

On Mac it is fine. BTW, have you checked it on any of recent builds? There were some fixes related to text

[elect]

id("org.jetbrains.compose") version "1.0.0-beta6-dev462"

[Giuliopime]

I have a project which is a menu bar app, if someone needs a reference -> https://github.com/Giuliopime/ZenBreak

[Jacob Ras]

@Giuliopime ZenBreak is really nice. I'm a long time BreakTimer user but it carries Electron's trademark lagginess. ZenBreak is so fast! Thanks for building it 😄

[Giuliopime]

Hey appreciate it! It's unfortunate that Jetbrains seemed to not care about it at all for the student contest :/