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/*!
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\group desktop
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\title Desktop Integration Classes
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/*!
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\page desktop-integration.html
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\title Desktop Integration
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\brief Integrating with the user's desktop environment.
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\ingroup best-practices
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Qt applications behave well in the user's desktop environment, but certain
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integrations require additional, and sometimes platform specific, techniques.
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\tableofcontents
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\section1 Useful Classes
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Various classes in Qt are designed to help developers integrate applications into
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users' desktop environments. These classes enable developers to take advantage
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of native services while still using a cross-platform API.
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\annotatedlist desktop
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\section1 Setting the Application Icon
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In order to change the icon of the executable application file
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itself, as it is presented on the desktop (i.e., prior to
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application execution), it is necessary to employ another,
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platform-dependent technique.
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\tableofcontents {1 Setting the Application Icon}
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\section1 Opening External Resources
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Although Qt provides facilities to handle and display resources, such as
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\l{QImageIOHandler}{common image formats} and \l{QTextDocument}{HTML},
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it is sometimes necessary to open files and external resources using external
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applications.
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QDesktopServices provides an interface to services offered by the user's desktop
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environment. In particular, the \l{QDesktopServices::}{openUrl()} function is
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used to open resources using the appropriate application, which may have been
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specifically configured by the user.
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\section1 System Tray Icons
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Many modern desktop environments feature docks or panels with \e{system trays}
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in which applications can install icons. Applications often use system tray icons
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to display status information, either by updating the icon itself or by showing
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information in "balloon messages". Additionally, many applications provide
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pop-up menus that can be accessed via their system tray icons.
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The QSystemTrayIcon class exposes all of the above features via an intuitive
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Qt-style API that can be used on all desktop platforms.
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\section1 Desktop Widgets
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On systems where the user's desktop is displayed using more than one screen,
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certain types of applications may need to obtain information about the
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configuration of the user's workspace to ensure that new windows and dialogs
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are opened in appropriate locations.
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The QDesktopWidget class can be used to monitor the positions of widgets and
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notify applications about changes to the way the desktop is split over the
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available screens. This enables applications to implement policies for
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positioning new windows so that, for example, they do not distract a user
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who is working on a specific task.
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