Questions tagged [system-tray]
The space where individual program icons or system icons are used as status indicators, notifying the user of changes and allowing quick access to key functions of the program/system tool.
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How can I hide redundant icon on task bar?
I am using xpad with dash to panel, and xpad icon is redundant: there is a tray icon on the right and whenever a new note is open, it also appears on running apps.
I understand this is not a bug but ...
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Unity Desktop: Tray icons of some apps not showing anymore (Ubuntu 22.04)
Like a ghost that you can't get rid of, here is an issue that was actually solved many years ago and has now been appearing again for a couple of months: Some tray icons don't appear anymore, in my ...
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Finding out all running GUI applications
There are some old questions similar to this; however, I haven't found a way to list and optionally close applications that are also minimized to system tray.
During a session log out in Windows, ...
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CopyQ tray icon is broken on Xubuntu 22.04
The CopyQ tray icon on a fresh Xubuntu 22.04 install doesn't display correctly:
Any idea how to solve this?
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Want to create a desktop shortcut or system tray icon for automating windscribe (it is a vpn)
I want to create a system tray icon that allows me to quickly connect to the VPN or create a shortcut( so that I can pin it to the taskbar) that automatically runs the command- windscribe connect US ...
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What does the system tray "Lock" button actually do [22.10]?
Ok yes, it sound like a dumb question as I am indeed talking about this:
But my question is a little more complicated and has identical origins as the question asked here: Remove lock button/icon ...
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Ubuntu Quick settings panel doesn't look right after updating to 22.10
I updated from Ubuntu 22.04 to 22.10 yesterday and the quick settings panel does not look right. It has huge out of place icons and looks nothing the sleek modern looking settings panel in the ...
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System tray icons all disappeared
I'm running Ubuntu 20.04.5. Recently all of my system tray application icons (e.g. Dropbox, Discord) disappeared, and restarting did not help. When I run Dropbox or Discord from terminal, their ...
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Which package includes calendar and time at the top in Ubuntu 22.10?
There's a bug I'd like to report but i don't know which package the calendar at the top tray belongs to. Gnome-shell or system-tray? The version is Ubuntu 22.10.
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Two network/wi-fi icons in the system tray
I have been having issues with my internet connection.
I have noticed that after installing some 'software updates' on my installation of Kubuntu that I now have two network icons appearing in my ...
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Discord showing two tray icons after update
This one is a bit exoteric. Recently after updating my system ('apt upgrade' and 'snap refresh') the discord app started showing two icons on the system tray instead of one. It happens only after some ...
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Viber Tray Icon disappear after upgrade to 18.2 with Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04
Viber Tray Icon located at the top disappeared after upgrading from Viber 16.? to Viber 18.2. This happened in ubuntu 20.04 and also 22.04.
viber installed by downloading the deb package from viber....
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Language tray icon does not reflect actual settings
Even though the language layout is updated and saved in "System Settings", it is sometimes not reflected by the respective system tray icon.
Why not? Is there way to force an update manually?...
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Ubuntu 22.04 can't see system tray icons such as steam, teams icon
My bottom bar is like this:
This is session:
canerveg@canerVegan ~ loginctl
SESSION UID USER SEAT TTY
29 1000 canerveg seat0 tty2
c3 118 gdm seat0 tty1
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Xpad tray icon not showing up on 22.04
On a fresh install of Ubuntu 22.04LTS, I just installed Xpad via apt. Its tray icon should appear on the upper right but does not. In the settings of Xpad the box "Enable tray icon" is ...
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Is it possible to display a tray icon with appindicator and a bash script?
If I understand correctly, the Gnome shell extension appindicator, is used to display tray icons in the activities bar, on the top right of the screen.
Is it possible to display a tray icon with a ...
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How to completely remove an application from the KDE system tray (not just hide it)
I need to completely remove the "Desktop Sharing" icon from the system tray of our home computers. I don't mean, just move it to the over-flow area, but to completely remove it.
The ...
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Why is there org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher?
From what I know there is a freedesktop spec for Status*. So I would be expecting org.freedesktop entries in my DBUS Session. Instead it seems like everyone is using org.kde.*. On my standard Ubuntu/...
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Get DBUS Introspection for StatusNotifierItem
I would like to generate language bindings for accessing StatusNotifierItem via DBUS - but cannot seem to find the DBUS Introspection. Does anyone know where to find it (probably a .xml).
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Remove lock button/icon from system tray Ubuntu 18.04 with gnome 3.28
For the life of me I'm trying to find a way, to system-wide REMOVE the lock 'icon' from the system tray (ie under the top left dropdown)... I've tried everything under the sun to either: stop it from ...
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Number of unread messages in system tray kmail icon
In previous versions of KDE, the system tray icon of KMail showed the number of unread messages on the mail icon. For instance, in Kubuntu 14.04 I had the following:
In recent versions of KDE the ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Dropbox icon systray
After vanilla installation of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS I have noticed 2 related issues with the icon in the systray.
For clarity, the client was installed from Ubuntu Software, following the usual ...
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Ubuntu Budgie: Why is my system tray / app indicator empty?
I recently switched from Kubuntu to Ubuntu Budgie. First I installed Ubuntu Mate (ubuntu-mate-sektop), and a couple of weeks later Ubuntu Budgie (ubuntu-budgie-desktop) on top of that. All installs ...
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Why do I have 2 Viber appicons on my tray
If I restart extension Ubuntu Appindicators, then only one icon stays.
Ubuntu is 21.10 and Viber is 16.1.0.37
If I grep Viber in processes, situation is same, before and after restarting ...
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XFCE: How to find out which app is showing the tray?
I'm trying to run status bars (with trays) like i3status and polybar on XFCE. xfce4-panel is disabled (confirmed by checking htop on startup) but I don't see tray icons shown in any of the alternative ...
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Grouping Tray Icons
Is there a setting/app/extension that will let me group my "tray icons" similar to how Windows does it?
I know a lot of folks like to keep background processes to a minimum, but there are ...
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How to display a system tray icon in Ubuntu 20.04+?
I write an application for myself and want to display a system tray icon - at the top right - in it. Is there a library I can use? The application is in .NET core, so any library that can be easily ...
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Change tray icons size in Ubuntu 21.04
Is there a way to change the system tray icons size in Ubuntu 21.04? They are awfully small and notification indications are almost non visible.
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Attached a snapshot for clarity.
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App TrayIcon not showing on EI GNOME Top Panel
My application when ran doesn't shows its trayicon on the Gnome Panel but runs successfully. This happens inconsistently. What would be the reason for this?
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Icon of Gnome Pomodoro does not show up. How do I fix it?
I've been using gnome-pomodoro already in Ubuntu 21.04 and it worked just fine (sudo apt install gnome-shell-pomodoro). However, I had to reinstall Ubtunu for some unrelated reason and now pomodoro ...
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How to enlarge the top panel in Ubuntu 20.04?
In the top panel there are application icons - like in the Windows tray. And these icons are very small (compared to Windows). For example, it is very difficult for me to see the number of unread ...
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Zoom icon too large and blurry in system tray
I installed Ubuntu Budgie 20.04 and the Zoom application icon appears too large and blurry on the tray, as shown on the attached screenshot. It does not follow the resizing of all other icons, which ...
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How to run Signal Desktop in the background?
How is it possible to run Signal Desktop in the background on Ubuntu with a little icon in the taskbar at the top of the screen?
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Bluetooth won't connect to device (firmware patch file not found)
I bought an Bluetooth adapter that says it is Linux compatible. The Bluetooth rune shows in the tool bar I open the Bluetooth devices window via the rune and it shows the device I wish to connect to. ...
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Ubuntu Multipass systray text-menu not appearing
I just upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 to Ubuntu 20.04. I found a problem in the Multipass systray menu. When I right-click the Multipass systray, the menu showing without any text inside.
I have try to ...
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Hiding/disabling system-tray update notifier when there are no updates
I'm using LXQt in Lubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa.
I want to reduce clutter on my system tray, and specifically, the update manager/notifier icon. I would like it to only be visible when there actually are ...
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Removing the Livepatch system tray panel indicator in Lubuntu 20.04
I'm using LXQt in Lubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa.
I'd like to get rid of the Livepatch indicator, that's within the system tray that's on my panel (the tray is full of c*** I don't need anyway!)
I looked ...
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Don't close Top Bar Settings Panel when clicked
I find it extremely annoying when I for example turn on wifi or bluetooth from the top right system tray (or top bar, no clue what it's called) and it automatically closes. Is there any way to keep it ...
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DropBox system tray icon is black - and no libGL in NVIDIA proprietary drivers
The system tray icon of DropBox is completely black and thus indistinguishable from the background.
In order to solve the problem, this post suggests to substitute DropBox's libGL with NVIDIA's libGL ...
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No system tray detected after latest update for some applications
Just after latest update of my Ubuntu 20.04 from Dec 21, 2020 I am getting HPLIP message:
HPLIP Status service
No system tray detected on this system.
Unable to start, exiting.
And also zoom meeting ...
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How can I add the time back to the system tray?
I accidently removed the time from the system tray while playing with some settings. I want to add it back, however, it seems that there is no way to do so. How can I do this?
I have tried going to &...
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JDownloader 2 Tray isn't supported
I'm new when it comes to using Linux as a whole and I've just switched from Windows to Ubuntu. I've installed JDownloader 2, however, it seems the tray option for JDownloader isn't working. Here's the ...
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Ubuntu 20.10 missing "system tray"
After testing Ubuntu 20.10 on my two backup computers, and prepping my main computer to take 20.10, I finally updated from Ubuntu 20.04 to 20.10 on my main computer. I've still had a few glitches.
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Prevent notifications from filling notification tray
Certain applications send notifications that are relevant to see, but don't need to be kept around. Such notifications quickly populate the notification tray, making it hard to find persistent ...
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Guake tray icon is missing in 20.10
I have Ubuntu 20.10 that I installed just couple of days ago. I haven't do any special modding so far. I've kept everything stock - kernel, Gnome. However, I installed Guake terminal, that works as ...
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The tray icon cannot be displayed when the Ubuntu 20.10 is turned on
My system version is 20.10. I upgraded from 20.04. I found such a problem, the tray icon cannot be displayed when the system is turned on or restarted, but if I kiil the process and restart it, it ...
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Network socket icon not showing up in tray (lubuntu 18.04)
I've added the OpenVPN configuration in lubuntu 18.04 32 bit. But the network socket icon is not showing up in the tray anymore. So I'm unable to use OpenVPN from GUI. Images from some online ...
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Missing system tray from taskbar lubuntu 20.04
I have asked about the missing system tray over on Ubuntu Forums, but nobody seems interested in the question. It is frustrating because a few programs minimize to the system tray instead of shutting ...
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System Tray Icons Stretching on Mouse Hovering
I'm on Ubuntu 20.04.1 with Gnome 3.36.3. I don't know why, almost every time I hover with my mouse over the system tray icons, they will resize automatically to fit the tray. I believe this must be a ...
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Tray icons dissapear after screen lock
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04, Nvidia video, and had an issue lately, tray icons for some apps dissapear from top right corner.
Still unable to reproduce behavior, I must say it's work's computer and it has ...
