from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui import sys def main(): app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv) tray = QtGui.QSystemTrayIcon() icon = app.style().standardIcon(QtGui.QStyle.SP_DesktopIcon) tray.setIcon(icon) tray.show() CreateMenu(tray, app) sys.exit(app.exec_()) def CreateMenu(tray, app): m1 = QtGui.QMenu("Menu 1") m2 = QtGui.QMenu("Notes") m2.addAction("Create new note") m1.addMenu(m2) m1.addSeparator() m1.addAction("Quit", app.quit) tray.setContextMenu(m1) if __name__ == '__main__': main()