create window on panel

[Jimmy]

On May 15, 5:54 pm, Laszlo Nagy <gand... at shopzeus.com> wrote:
> Jimmy wrote:
> > Hi, all
>
> > I have been trying to use wxPython to design a GUI that will be
> > displayed on the panel on the top of desktop. that is when the
> > program starts, it will dwell on the panel to display some dynamic
> > information.
>
> > can anyone tell me in wxPython how to do this? thanks!
>
> AFAIK it cannot be done in pure wxPython. The reason is that your
> "panel" is part of the window manager. What kind of "panel" are you
> talking about anyway? Under Microsoft Windows it is called "the tray".
> In Gnome it is "panel" indeed. In KDE it might also be panel, there is
> OS X etc. They are quite different. For example, under MS Windows you
> cannot embed an application into the tray (other than an icon).
>
> They are all different window managers, based on different client libs
> (MS gui, GTK, Qt etc.). wxPython is designed to be platform independent,
> and  it does not support special, platform dependent features. (Well it
> does a few...)
>
> You need to tell us what kind of system are you using? Then we can tell
> you where to start. For example, there are extension modules for writing
> Gnome panel applications. (Well, it is not wxPython but GTK.)
>
> BTW the idea is good: we could have "panel" support in wxPython, but
> since the interface of these panels (and how they should be programmed)
> is very different on different platforms, it would not be easy to implement.
>
>    Laszlo

Thanks for your reply!

I am using Linux+gnome. Actually, what I want is simply a text-region
on the panel
and display some dynamic information on it. Is it hard to do it ?