SDL_CreateTray - Man Page

Defined in SDL3/SDL_tray.h

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

SDL_Tray* SDL_CreateTray(SDL_Surface *icon, const char *tooltip);

Many platforms advise not using a system tray unless persistence is a necessary feature. Avoid needlessly creating a tray icon, as the user may feel like it clutters their interface.

Using tray icons require the video subsystem.

icon

a surface to be used as icon. May be NULL.

tooltip

a tooltip to be displayed when the mouse hovers the icon in UTF-8 encoding. Not supported on all platforms. May be NULL.

( SDL_Tray
*) Returns The newly created system tray icon.

This function should only be called on the main thread.

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

·(3), SDL_CreateTrayMenu(3), ·(3), SDL_GetTrayMenu(3), ·(3), SDL_DestroyTray(3)

SDL_CreateTrayMenu(3), SDL_DestroyTray(3), SDL_GetTrayMenu(3), SDL_SetTrayIcon(3), SDL_SetTrayTooltip(3).