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nexxx

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From: Wolfsberg

Registered: 2010-09-15

Posts: 22

[Solved] System Tray without any Toolbar (Dock)

I am wondering if there is a possibility to show the systray in an seperate window, when using a shortcut (e.g. CTRL+SUPER+S). For example: When you hit CTRL+SUPER+S then a small window pops up which contains all systray icons.

I am running an openbox system without any toolbar. But I want to access the systray, without starting (and killing afterwards) a toolbar, like tint2.

Anyone has some ideas or programs for this problem?

Thanks in advance!

Last edited by nexxx (2013-02-02 16:25:33)

progandy

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Registered: 2012-05-17

Posts: 5,307

Re: [Solved] System Tray without any Toolbar (Dock)

You could use stalonetray and bind scripts to a hotkey:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 9#p1115339

#!/bin/bash
# toggle visibility of stalonetray
if ! xdotool search --onlyvisible --name "stalonetray" windowunmap ; then
   eval $(xdotool getmouselocation --shell 2> /dev/null)
   xdotool search --name "stalonetray" windowmap windowmove $X $Y windowactivate
fi

Last edited by progandy (2013-02-02 16:08:12)

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Reded

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From: Manchester, England

Registered: 2012-02-21

Posts: 242

Re: [Solved] System Tray without any Toolbar (Dock)

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=142931

This thread was my quest for such a tool - I ended up using this script bound to a keyboard shortcut:

eval $(xdotool getmouselocation --shell 2> /dev/null)
xdotool search --name "stalonetray" windowmap windowmove $X $Y windowactivate 

A few other options were explored on the thread too, which is why I linked that too

EDIT:

Seems the above post links to that too!

Last edited by Reded (2013-02-02 16:16:25)

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nexxx

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From: Wolfsberg

Registered: 2010-09-15

Posts: 22

Re: [Solved] System Tray without any Toolbar (Dock)

Thanks for your answers, this is great!
I mark topic as solved