Re: How to manage applications using the system tray?

[Christian Dysthe <cdysthe gmail com>]

On Tue, 2014-02-11 at 08:55 -0600, Vadim wrote:
> Since GS 3.8 working with message tray has become much more comfortable
> for two reasons: first, with "pressure" feature you nowdon't ususally
> open the message tray accidentally, and second, there is a convenient
> way to show message tray (Super+M) and focus messages (Super+N, or
> Super+Space?).

I have never pressed on those by accident, but that's me I guess. I
remember Unity messed with the system tray also. I will never understand
why it couldn't be there like before with the options to disable or move
it for those who doesn't like or use it? 
> Still there are some app icons that are placed in the message tray, but
> you would rather see them on the panel. For one reason, some icons
> indicate the current status of the app, and another reason is that some
> apps provide extensive right click menus through system tray icons, and
> working with those in message tray is not great. The only solution as of
> now if you use any of such apps is to use an extension that would move
> icons from message tray to the top. There were many such extensions on
> extensions.gnome.org, and I am not sure which ones are still supported.
> But go there and search for "message tray icons".

I found an extension for Skype which works very well placing an icon up
there. The whole system tray situation is the only one I find
challenging moving from Unity and eve Cinnamon to Gnome Shell. In all
other respects Ghome Shell is a killer DE, but this messy system tray
situation is a bit annoying. I do not even know what it's called these
days: System tray? Notification area? :)
> Vadim.
>
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> > Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 10:11:03 -0600
> > From: Christian Dysthe <cdysthe gmail com>
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> > Hi,
> >
> > I have used Gnome Shell on and off for a while, but now it's my main DE.
> > I have to use a couple of applications like Skype, HipChat and Dropbox
> > which lives in the system tray. What is the best way to work with
> > applications like that under Gnome Shell since they do not show up in
> > the top right with the other icons. I know they are accessible at the
> > bottom with a key combo, but I wonder how people work with applications
> > like that on Gnome Shell.
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