awesome wm system tray issue

blu3ness · 2008-03-11 01:02:03

Hello all, I've finally took a dive into the world of tiling wms. so far so good, one particular thing that's been bothering me is the lack of system trays.

I tried stalonetray app but it doesn't do what I want it to do. Anyone have a better suggestion/ thanks!

valnour · 2008-03-11 01:13:04

What does stalonetray lack that you need from a system tray?

blu3ness · 2008-03-11 01:18:16

i'm just wondering if there's any better alternative out there, thanks

shining · 2008-03-11 01:44:42

I don't see what is so awesome in your wm system tray issue

blu3ness · 2008-03-11 01:56:15

for example, I want the systemtray to stay in the bottom-right corner of my screen across all my tags, I'm not sure how to write that in awesomerc.

Just started awesome today so I'm clueless, there isn't much info on their wiki neither. Thanks!

Gigamo · 2008-03-11 18:36:38

blu3ness wrote:

for example, I want the systemtray to stay in the bottom-right corner of my screen across all my tags, I'm not sure how to write that in awesomerc.
Just started awesome today so I'm clueless, there isn't much info on their wiki neither. Thanks!

I use trayer, with this startup command:

trayer --expand true --widthtype request --height 16 --edge bottom --align right

I suggest you spend some time in #awesome on irc.oftc.net

Last edited by Gigamo (2008-03-11 18:37:27)

iggames · 2008-03-11 19:48:29

I think stalonetray can do what you want. Try this:

stalonetray --geometry 72x24-0-0

That makes a 3x1 tray for 24x24 icons in the lower right hand corner (I have my awesome bar on the bottom). The code above is fixed at 3x1, but stalonetray has grow options that you can play with as well. It should appear on all desktops (it does for me). I like trayer too, but I couldn't get it to stay on all desktops.

iggames · 2008-03-11 20:06:22

One issue with the trays, however, is that they always seem to grab focus when you switch to a new workspace...is there a way through tagging or some such to exclude them from alt-tab/Mod4+j/k/etc?

Gigamo · 2008-03-11 20:48:12

iggames wrote:

One issue with the trays, however, is that they always seem to grab focus when you switch to a new workspace...is there a way through tagging or some such to exclude them from alt-tab/Mod4+j/k/etc?

I've not had that problem with trayer in awesomewm.

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