Add a taskbar icon overlay for the editor window to tell if game window is paused or running

[PiCode9560]

Closes godotengine/godot-proposals#12455

This thing work. But I am not sure if it is tidy or efficient.

[bruvzg]

Note: on macOS, default icon is different, this code will work, but a separate version of the icons are needed:

Also, icons probably should be generated from SVG vector graphics, not hardcoded PNGs.

[PiCode9560]

icons probably should be generated from SVG vector graphics, not hardcoded PNGs.

Well, the original app_icon is a PNG format. So should I also change that to SVG?

[bruvzg]

Well, the original app_icon is a PNG format. So should I also change that to SVG?

Original is SVG, PNG is generated from it (it does not mean it should be auto generated on build, it can be done manually when it is changed, but source should be SVG):

https://github.com/godotengine/godot/blob/master/icon.svg

Unfortunately, there's no original SVG for macOS icons (only ICNS).

[PiCode9560]

it does not mean it should be auto generated on build, it can be done manually when it is changed, but source should be SVG

Oh ok, so you're saying is I need to use a PNG that is exported manually from SVG, and the SVG is not required to be in the godot files.

[PiCode9560]

Unfortunately, there's no original SVG for macOS icons (only ICNS).

Unless, whoever made it still have it localy.

[PiCode9560]

@bruvzg What am I supposed to do for the macOS icon? I cannot find the code where it chooses a separate icon for the macOS.

[bruvzg]

There's no code to select the icon, default icons are embedded into app bundle (on macOS) and executable (on Windows).

ifdef can be used in this case:

#ifdef MACOS_ENABLED
 ... set macos icon
#else
 ... set icon for the rest of icons
#endif

[bruvzg]

macOS icon is here - https://github.com/godotengine/godot/blob/master/misc/dist/macos_tools.app/Contents/Resources/Godot.icns

[bruvzg]

Same as with the Windows icon, add separate PNGs for macOS.

PNG extracted from ICNS:

[PiCode9560]

For macOS, I need to save the image as PNG and not ICN right?

[bruvzg]

For macOS, I need to save the image as PNG and not ICN right?

ICNS is for embedding (for OS to see icon when app is not running), set_icon always use normal image. There's also set_native_icon method which take ICNS and ICO, but not sure if there's any reason to use it in this case.

[bruvzg]

On macOS, it seems to be working fine, will check Windows and Linux later:

Screen.Recording.2025-05-19.at.14.48.10.mov

[PiCode9560]

Moved the status icons to the top right of the icon.