Questions tagged [indicator]
Indicators are the icons that are located in the upper panel, doing things like estimating the battery level, displaying the current time, letting you adjust your volume, etc.
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Why do I have both eth0 and "Wired connection 1" in my 'Network Connections' list?
Why do I have both eth0 and "Wired connection 1" in my 'Network Connections' list? Don't they both refer to the same device eth0?
This list is accessible by clicking 'Edit Connections...' from the ...
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Show battery percentage in Lubuntu's LXPanel
How can I show the battery percentage in Lubuntu's LXPanel? I have xfce4-power-manager icon but it doesn't have the "show percentage" option.
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Searchable Clipboard Manager, like ctrl-r in bash
I am looking for a clipboard manager with search functionality.
I love CtrlR in the bash shell and would like to have the same functionality like that in clipboard manager for my desktop.
Up to now I ...
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Network indicator missing but connected (16.04 LTS Unity)
After a recent upgrade it seems that I have removed network-manager-gnome, or did upgrade -f did it, so I do not see the network indicator in the panel. Network is active, both wireless and local.
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gnome-sound-applet no longer available in ubuntu 16.04
In 14.04 I had the gnome-sound-applet in my stalonetray but the applet is no longer available in 16.04. Is there a replacement? Thanks.
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Indicator icons disappearing after screen lock after yakkety upgrade [closed]
After upgrade to yakkety, when I lock my screen and then unlock, some of the indicator icons (eg skype, and electron based apps) are replaced by the generic missing icon (the menus are still ...
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How do I revert this drop-down button to show my original icons?
This is what I see:
picture of drop-down
This just happened today. I want the icons to be on the actual menu without having to press this drop-down button.
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Network icon in LXPanel
The network applet in LXPanel apparently isn't using a symbolic icon at <16px as it doesn't respect the color configuration of any system theme. Screenshot here.
I'm on Lubuntu 16.04.
How can I ...
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Change size of Panel icons
How to change the size of the icons in the notification area of the Panel (I've added a screenshot).
I've tried to change the size of the top bar too but failed. If you can help me with that as well ...
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Ubuntu 16.04.1 : Unity still showing user list on indicator menu [duplicate]
I have my configuration scripts that hide the user list on the indicator menu on the right.
This was done using by setting the "user-show-menu" key to false in the
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Gnome - battery icon not accurate [duplicate]
On Gnome Ubuntu 16.04, my battery icon is mostly useless. The visual gauge is always far behind the true level, which I display as percentage, next to the gauge.
For instance, I'm now at 11% but the ...
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Network manager and indicators missing from the top panel (Ubuntu 16.04 Unity)
A few days ago, while I was doing some network configuration tests, I went offline.
At first I did not realize, but all indicators (cpu, memory, ...) even the one of the network manager disappeared ...
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Some post-upgrade changes not executed?
Today I upgraded Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to 16.04 LTS via do-release-upgrade and the upgrade went fine except my computer hung up and I restarted it using the power button (EDIT: I think I did a proper ...
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How do I find the icon files used by non-default status menus (aka indicators)?
I'd like to find the location of the icons used by some non-default status menus (also called application indicators or indicator applets).
Where are these icons image files located?
In my ...
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Using Gtk.Widgets in App Indicators with Python
In 2010 Stefano Palazzo , asked a related question, Putting an arbitrary gtk.Widget into an appindicator.Indicator, and similar one was asked on StackOverflow. In both cases the consensus is that ...
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File System Usage Indicator
I am unable to find a suitable utility to just indicate the file system usage (% space free for partitions) on the panel.
And I am not looking forward to install any bad kinds of desktop management ...
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Reverting sudo apt-get purge indicator-power [closed]
I ran the command sudo apt-get purge indicator-power because my battery icon is not displaying. After running this command I ran sudo apt-get install indicator-power but the purge command appeared ...
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Unity battery icon missing
Whenever I plug in my cell phone, my Unity battery indicator changes to look like this:
Without the phone, it acts as expected and shows the actual battery. Is there anything I can do to fix this ...
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Why are the keyboard indicator lights out of sync in Ubuntu 16.04? [duplicate]
As I noted in my answer to How do I make the Caps Lock key a third Shift key? The keyboard indicator lights seem to go out of sync at boot on Ubuntu 16.04 For example Set your BIOS to Num Lock ON and ...
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indicator-kdeconnect is working, but without the indicator in Xubuntu 16.04
This is probably a repeat of KDEConnect Indicator in Ubuntu 16.04 does not show up, but I'm hoping that if I ask the question better, it's more likely someone can help answer it. I'm running Xubuntu ...
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Unpair/remove Bluetooth devices in 16.04.1? (And other problems.)
I'm on a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04.1, but are fighting with many Bluetooth problems. -- I was surprised that the Internet is not plastered with bug reports. Is it only me? Bluetooth worked fine ...
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Dropbox AppIndicator Menu broken in gnome-flashback
The problem
This is a broken Dropbox indicator in gnome-flashback on Ubuntu 16.04.1. (Dropbox version: x86_64-9.4.94)
As it can be seen here, it works fine in Unity. But how can I get that in gnome-...
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mate weather indication stopped working
some time ago, the service used by weather indicator was shut down: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/08/gnome-weather-forecast-not-available
but there is no update or fix. so my question is: how can i ...
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wicd system tray indicator on 16.04
the wicd system tray indicator question has been asked over and over again, but none of the solutions worked on 16.04.
on 14.04 it appears to be fixed with this
but it still doesn't show on 16.04 ...
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How can I restore a network manager indicator that disappeared after an upgrade to 16.04?
Upgrade from 14.04 went otherwise flawlessly. All my existing wifi connections still connect without problem, however if I were looking for a new connection or wanted to get network information I ...
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Xubuntu 16.04 - Volume indicator missing
Recently, I've got my Xubuntu to 16.04 and I found indicators in xfce4-panel have a problem.
As shown in the picture below, volume indicator is missing.
As ugly background color, I don't want to use ...
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How can I restart the Wi-Fi indicator once it disappears from the Unity top bar?
Occasionally, the Wi-Fi indicator disappears from the Unity top bar.
How can I restart the Wi-Fi indicator to make the icon re-appear without having to restart my system?
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After 16.04 clean install the WiFi tries to connect when disabled
After performing a clean install of Ubuntu 16.04, my WiFi is trying to connect when disabled. My router WiFi is disabled so my system is hard wired via the ethernet connection. So I don't need the ...
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"Click" accepted indicator?
I'm a long time Windows user (no one is perfect) evaluating Ubuntu as a replacement OS so still have a lot to learn. One handy feature in Windows is that usually (but not always) a mouse "click" is ...
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I need to know when the "Caps Lock " key is turned on/off [duplicate]
I need to know when the "Caps Lock " key is turned on.
Does Ubuntu has a visual indicator to show me when the key "Caps Lock" is on?
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How to integrate an Xfce panel indicator into the Unity panel?
Coming from the question Is there a tray icon indicator to quickly access recent files in Ubuntu 16.04 Unity?, the related question occurred how to integrate an Xfce panel indicator into the Ubuntu ...
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Is there an indicator to quickly access recently used files?
I am looking for a tray icon indicator that - upon click on the icon - shows me the list of my recently used files. This would be a great way to quickly access these files.
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Are there any power consumption indicators?
I would love to see how much power my notebook is consuming all the time.
Therefore I want an indicator that constantly (interval of 1 second maybe) monitors the current power consumption (electric ...
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Indicator-multiload at 100% CPU after power disconnect
I'm on Dell Latitude 3440 using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit. Whenever I disconnect power plug from the laptop the system almost freezes with indicator-multiload taking 100% of CPU. When I kill indicator-...
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What is the difference between appindicator and AppIndicator3
Ubuntu indicators written in python can be done with two APIs : appindicator and AppIndicator3. What is the difference between them and is there any advantage to using one over the other ?
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Indicator systemtray: only showing icons on laptop display?
I am using the indicator-systemtray-unity for quite some time; and initially, it worked really good for me: I clicked the indicator, and it would display a little array below the indicator; containing ...
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Lock keys panel indicator for MATE Desktop
I have no indicator LEDs on my keyboard to show whether Caps-Lock is on (I don't have Num-Lock and Scroll-Lock keys so the best option would be to have an indicator only for Caps Lock, but three ...
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Keyboard LED panel indicator for Unity Desktop
I own a notebook running Ubuntu 16.04 with Unity DE that does not have any keyboard LEDs to indicate NUM-Lock or CAPS-Lock states.
It would be useful for me to see them anyway, ideally through an ...
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16.04 with Unity - Icon with sound indicator icon is gone. How to activate it?
Since a few days the sound indicator icon is gone. I still have the network indicator icon, the time/calender and the user icon. But the main one with the volume controls is gone.
How to activate it?
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Battery icon is fuzzy in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit Gnome
My battery icon is fuzzy in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit Gnome 3, but at the same time, if I click it, it can present battery life in percentages. So what would be the problem with it?
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Wired connection icon is displayed instead of Wifi icon - Ubuntu 16.04
I am connected to a WiFi network but wired connection icon is shown:
Screen-shot of the problem:
I also can't see other available WiFi networks in order to connect to them.
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Synapse Application search bar indicator?
I would like to synapse search bar indicator on ubuntu 16.04.
I am using the following command, but its not working:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/apps
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ...
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indicator-power status change delay
I recently migrated to 64-bit 16.04 LTS from 32-bit 14.04 LTS on my Toshiba L645 laptop. I am facing an issue with power indicator on the unity panel. When I change the power source to battery from AC,...
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Thunderbird indicator in 16.04 LTS Unity?
I recently started using Thunderbird again, but I cannot seem to get that indicator icon, i.e. minimize it to tray so that I could receive new message updates.
d.conf editor shows it should be OK:
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How do I get KMail system tray icon into XFCE4 panel?
I'm trying to use KMail from KDE4, but with XFCE4 panel instead of Plasma panel. So far I get most of the icons from other applications, but no icon from KMail.
It seems it's because KMail uses ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 Network Indicator shows wrong status
After fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04 I am facing issues like Network indicator showing wrong status even though I have connected to dongle.
Sometimes it shows connected to LAN icon. What could be the ...
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How do I write a Unity system indicator in Python?
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This is NOT for application-indicators but system-indicators.
Picture from: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopExperienceTeam/ApplicationIndicators
The objective is to show indicator-...
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Looking for a light weight website monitoring tool
I am looking for a tool that can help me monitor the availability of my website.
Basically, I should input my website URL to the tool and it should monitor whether the site is up and send the ...
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Clock disappeared from top panel. Ubuntu 16.04 [closed]
I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 on a Lenovo Thinkpad T460.
After installing the kernel from http://linuxdaddy.com/blog/install-kernel-4-4-on-ubuntu/ (that should have solved another problem), the clock ...
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Show Wine (Windows) System Tray in Ubuntu 16.04
I cannot figure out how to see and access Wine apps minimised to the windows system tray. Any ideas?
I have a clean install of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with a windows application running on Wine and ...
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