GTK System Tray

This project demonstrates the use of GTK (GIMP Toolkit) in Python to create a system tray which on clicking shows a popup menu with different options and displays information based on user selections. In this example, we have two menu items: "Weather Report" and "Random Quote." Selecting each item shows relevant information in a GTK dialog.

Table of Contents

• Prerequisites
• Installation
• Usage
• Limitation
• Author

Prerequisites

Before running this application, ensure you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:

• Python 3.7 and above
• GTK 3 library (usually included with Linux distributions). Run sudo apt install libgtk-3-dev if not available
• PyGObject - Python bindings for GObject introspection libraries.

Installation

1. Clone the repository to your local machine:

   git clone https://github.com/wisdom209/gtk-3.git
   cd gtk-3

2. Install the needeed packages pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

python3 main.py

You will see a system tray icon with an associated popup menu. Double clicking on the system tray icon shows a popup menu. Clicking "Weather Report" or "Random Quote" will display relevant information in a dialog. Clicking on exit with shut down the system tray.

Limitations

Project is dependent on external api and may break if these api endpoints are no longer valid

Author

Ononiwu Ifeanyi Wisdom [email protected]