Label in Mac dock icon [Solved]

[janfaroe]

Hi all,

I'm not sure whether my previous research on this was for Java Swing or Qt, but I haven't been able to find any usable results right now:

Is it possible to add a (1-2 digit) label to a dock icon on Mac OS with Qt? I know it's possible using pure Obj. C, but is there a specific interface in Qt that does just that?

Thanks in advance.

[janfaroe]

The silence tells everything I guess. Oh well. Even though my objective C skills are below zero, I managed to put together a simple wrapper class after a bit of googling and experimentation:

DockIconLabel.h:

@#ifndef DOCKICONLABEL_H
#define DOCKICONLABEL_H

#include <QString>

class DockIconLabel
{
public:
static void setValue(const QString &val);
};

#endif // DOCKICONLABEL_H@

DockIconLabel.mm:

@#include "DockIconLabel.h"
#import "Foundation/NSAutoreleasePool.h"
#import "AppKit/NSApplication.h"

void DockIconLabel::setValue(const QString &val)
{
const QByteArray utf8 = val.toUtf8();
const char* cString = utf8.constData();
[[[NSApplication sharedApplication] dockTile] setBadgeLabel:[[NSString alloc] initWithUTF8String:cString]];
}

@

[SGaist]

Na, you were just quicker to find the solution :)

Thanks for sharing !

[SGaist]

Hi again,

There are now helper functions in qtmacextras to do that

[janfaroe]

Sounds good, thanks for info!