I'm trying to create an system tray application~

yarco

Em, I'm trying to create a system tray tool, which can allow me to copy & paste math symbols easily...
But I have problems on hiding the application icon in mac dock.( I mean it should be a simple pop up window when clicking the application icon in the system tray)
The solution seems simple:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49053792/start-a-qt-tray-process-without-dock-icon-on-mac
Just add a key-value in Info.plist under mac... But how to make it available when under development in Qt Designer? ( or, the deployment is another process?)

QMAKE_INFO_PLIST = Info.plist

DISTFILES += \
    README.md \
    Info.plist

These settings in the project file seem does not work.

SGaist

Hi,

Does your Info.plist file contain only what was posted on the stack overflow answer ?

What version of Qt are you using ?
What version of macOS are you running ?

yarco

@SGaist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>NSUIElement</key>
<string>1</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Hi, this is the content of my Info.plist.

Qt version is: 5.11.2
And Mac is High Sierra v10.13.6

Em...Even I manually change the Info.plist in debug version application:

tail ./build-MathSymbolDict-desktop-Debug/MathSymbolDict.app/Contents/Info.plist 
	<key>NOTE</key>
	<string>This file was generated by Qt/QMake.</string>
	<key>NSPrincipalClass</key>
	<string>NSApplication</string>
	<key>NSSupportsAutomaticGraphicsSwitching</key>
	<true/>
	<key>NSUIElement</key>
	<string>1</string>

When the application run, I still can see the icon in the dock...

SGaist

Can you provide a minimal compilable example that shows that behaviour ?