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.
Questions tagged [system-tray]
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Customizing tray/taskbar date display in Ubuntu with GNOME 3
On previous versions I had the date displayed. Now it just shows the current day but not the day's number or the month.
Is there a way to customize the clock or tray/taskbar more in GNOME shell on Ubuntu 17.10 and later?
neuromage
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How do I access and enable more icons to be in the system tray?
So I'm messing around with Natty a little, and I noticed that all the apps that would normally use the system tray (or "notification area"?) aren't displaying there. Is that a bug, or is that the way it's going to be? I heard something about Ubuntu…
Jonathan
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Upgraded to 13.10 now clock settings are all disabled and clock does not display
I've upgraded to 13.10 and now I don't have the standard menu clock, which I need for work.
I checked and 'indicator-datetime' is installed. I even uninstalled/reinstalled that applet with no luck.
Also my "clock" settings under System Preferences…
kervin
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Telegram at Startup?
I've installed the latest Telegram App (v 0.8.32) On my Ubuntu 14.04.
I want Telegram to run minimized at startup in Tray and show me new messages but I can't because In the app settings there isn't any option for that.
Help me How Can i do it....
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How minimize Signal messenger to system tray (top-right corner)?
This is standard behaviour of all desktop messengers (Skype, Viber, Telegram, ..). All of them minimizes itself in system tray when Alt+F4 or close button is activated and they are running in background (instead of closing completely).
How can I…
Jiří Doubravský
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How to re-enable tray icons for applications in Ubuntu?
Unfortunately in Ubuntu 13.10 there is no tray icon and whitelisting is removed.
The older solutions do not work for me, e.g. I get the message: No such schema 'com.canonical.Unity.Panel' when I try to use the command:
gsettings set…
Silken
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Ubuntu Budgie 18.04 LTS System Tray Icons not all showing
I don't know if this has been solved or not, and I didn't see it. I'm a complete noob to Ubuntu Budgie and I have 18.04 LTS with the latest updates.
I have Dropbox, Mega, and a few other things installed that are not showing in the System Tray at…
Chris Warren
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"no system tray detected on this system."
"no system tray detected on this system." Appears starting Gnome and Cinnamon in Oneiric 11.10; starting with Gnome Classic and Unity no problem at all. How to solve?
tonwillems.pc
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No Skype tray icon in Ubuntu 15.04
After installing Ubuntu 15.04 and skype (4.3.0.37) I cannot get Skype indicator to appear in tray
I've tried doing this:
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/fix-for-skypepidgin-icon-missing-from-ubuntu-15-04kubuntu-15-04.html
But the icon just doesn't appear…
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How to fix missing Dropbox tray icon?
I have Ubuntu 12.04 and today when I started my laptop I saw that the Dropbox icon is missing from the top panel and I don't know how can I get it back.
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Reduce tray icon padding on Ubuntu with GNOME 3
All of my tray icons have a higher than normal amount of padding on Ubuntu 19.04.
Is there any way to tweak this value?
Massi Gest
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How to prevent Java applications from creating tray icon?
With Ubuntu 13.04 the possibility to whitelist (and consequentely blacklist) certain applications from creating a tray icon is gone. Since then the tray icons of Java applications and Wine icons are hardcoded and always visible.
Although there are…
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Slack misses tray indicator
I have a fresh installation of Ubuntu 18.04, I installed Slack but it doesn't show any icon in the tray indicator:
▶ snap info slack
name: slack
summary: Team communication for the 21st century.
publisher: slack
contact: …
rpadovani
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Missing tray icon indicator in recent Spotify versions?
I installed the latest Spotify version 1.0.14.124.g4dfabc51. I noticed that version => 1.0 no longer seem to show a tray icon indicator, and thus their windows cannot be minimised.
Is there a way to bring back the tray icon indicator in these…
orschiro
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How can I move the panel from the top to the bottom?
I am coming from Windows 8 and want to test new Ubuntu 12.xx.
How can i change the position of the panel from top to bottom?
Dileep
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