import sys from PyQt5.QtWidgets import ( QApplication, QMainWindow, QLabel, QGridLayout, QWidget, QCheckBox, QSystemTrayIcon, QSpacerItem, QSizePolicy, QMenu, QAction, QStyle, qApp) from PyQt5.QtCore import QSize class MainWindow(QMainWindow): """ Сheckbox and system tray icons. Will initialize in the constructor. """ check_box = None tray_icon = None # Override the class constructor def __init__(self): # Be sure to call the super class method QMainWindow.__init__(self) self.setMinimumSize(QSize(480, 80)) # Set sizes self.setWindowTitle("System Tray Application") # Set a title # Create a central widget central_widget = QWidget(self) # Set the central widget self.setCentralWidget(central_widget) grid_layout = QGridLayout(self) # Create a QGridLayout # Set the layout into the central widget central_widget.setLayout(grid_layout) grid_layout.addWidget( QLabel("Application, which can minimize to Tray", self), 0, 0) # Add a checkbox, which will depend on the behavior of the program when the window is closed self.check_box = QCheckBox('Minimize to Tray') grid_layout.addWidget(self.check_box, 1, 0) grid_layout.addItem(QSpacerItem( 0, 0, QSizePolicy.Expanding, QSizePolicy.Expanding), 2, 0) # Init QSystemTrayIcon self.tray_icon = QSystemTrayIcon(self) self.tray_icon.setIcon( self.style().standardIcon(QStyle.SP_ComputerIcon)) ''' Define and add steps to work with the system tray icon show - show window hide - hide window exit - exit from application ''' show_action = QAction("Show", self) quit_action = QAction("Exit", self) hide_action = QAction("Hide", self) show_action.triggered.connect(self.show) hide_action.triggered.connect(self.hide) quit_action.triggered.connect(qApp.quit) tray_menu = QMenu() tray_menu.addAction(show_action) tray_menu.addAction(hide_action) tray_menu.addAction(quit_action) self.tray_icon.setContextMenu(tray_menu) self.tray_icon.show() # Override closeEvent, to intercept the window closing event # The window will be closed only if there is no check mark in the check box def closeEvent(self, event): if self.check_box.isChecked(): event.ignore() self.hide() self.tray_icon.showMessage( "Tray Program", "Application was minimized to Tray", QSystemTrayIcon.Information, 2000 ) if __name__ == "__main__": app = QApplication(sys.argv) mw = MainWindow() mw.show() sys.exit(app.exec())