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#1 2008-03-23 06:56:45

solarwind
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Fluxbox System Tray

Is there a system tray for Fluxbox where I can run things like Pidgin, Exaile, Amarok or whatever else that needs a system tray?

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#2 2008-03-23 09:55:14

ighea
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Re: Fluxbox System Tray

It's built in the fluxbox's taskbar. Great, isn't it?


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#3 2008-03-23 17:14:10

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Re: Fluxbox System Tray

ighea wrote:

It's built in the fluxbox's taskbar. Great, isn't it?

Is it the "slit"? Also, is it possible to separate it from the taskbar?

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#4 2008-03-23 17:24:32

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Re: Fluxbox System Tray

Slit is something else. If you run something like gkrellm, it goes into the slit (which is by default in the lower-right corner). You cannot see it until you run something which goes into it.

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#5 2008-03-23 17:28:10

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Re: Fluxbox System Tray

Hmm, the problem is, I like to keep the taskbar small but at the same time, I want to have enough height for my system tray icons because I like to run my gmail notifier and have big enough icons for xchat, pidgin, exaile and whatever. Is it possible to have a separate system tray (that I can specify the height of and place anywhere I want on screen)?

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#6 2008-03-23 18:00:35

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Re: Fluxbox System Tray

In that case, you'd need to disable the fluxbox's system tray (edit ~/.fluxbox/init, the line you're looking for begins with session.screen0.toolbar.tools: just make sure systemtray is not there), and use some standalone tray program. I used stalonetray (in community), but there are couple more in the aur.

You can put stalonetray into the slit smile

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#7 2008-03-23 18:08:13

solarwind
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Re: Fluxbox System Tray

bender02 wrote:

In that case, you'd need to disable the fluxbox's system tray (edit ~/.fluxbox/init, the line you're looking for begins with session.screen0.toolbar.tools: just make sure systemtray is not there), and use some standalone tray program. I used stalonetray (in community), but there are couple more in the aur.

You can put stalonetray into the slit smile

Excellent post. Thank you very much! Which other ones are in the AUR? I tried searching but couldn't find any.

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#8 2008-03-23 18:14:25

solarwind
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Re: Fluxbox System Tray

So far I like this stalonetray. How do I configure it? How do I position it?

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#9 2008-03-23 18:27:47

solarwind
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Re: Fluxbox System Tray

Nevermind, figured it out.

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#10 2008-03-23 19:38:37

bender02
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Re: Fluxbox System Tray

If you search for "tray" in the aur, you find these: peksystray, tksystray, wmsystray; in extra: docker, trayer. I tried some of them some time ago, but I wasn't at all happy with them. Stalonetray was the best (for me).

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#11 2008-03-23 20:09:40

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Re: Fluxbox System Tray

Stalonetray is the best !

Could have been named rambotray or rockytray tongue


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#12 2008-03-23 20:47:56

solarwind
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Re: Fluxbox System Tray

bender02 wrote:

If you search for "tray" in the aur, you find these: peksystray, tksystray, wmsystray; in extra: docker, trayer. I tried some of them some time ago, but I wasn't at all happy with them. Stalonetray was the best (for me).

Thanks, turns out I was searching in the wrong place.

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#13 2008-03-29 00:13:24

jealma
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Re: Fluxbox System Tray

I'm beginning to like Fluxbox more and more as a WM. I only have one "big" problem compared to DE's like Gnome and KDE. When I am on workspace 1 and minimize an appication to the system tray, then switch to another workspace and restore the application from the system tray, it restores to workspace 1 (the original workspace from where I minimized it) and not the current workspace. I've also tried stalonetray, but it does exactly the same. Anyone knows how to make applications restore to the current workspace?

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