16611 – App indicators in notification area does not render labels (only icons)

App indicators in notification area does not render labels (only icons)

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RESOLVED: INVALID

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Medium

Severity:
normal

Product:
Xfce4-panel

Component:

Notification Area

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Description timpu.tampu 2020-03-30 15:57:28 CEST

For me, in the xfce4-panel notification area only icons are shown. That is, if an app sets its label without an icon, its not even visible.
The label is not displayed when using libappindicator3 set_label function. Though this seemed the main method of displaying an app indicator.

I do not know if its a bug in libappindicator3, xfce or is it intended to only show icons. Any information would be helpful.

Linux debian 4.19.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.98-1 (2020-01-26) x86_64 GNU/Linux

Comment 1 Simon Steinbeiss editbugs

2020-04-01 19:09:19 CEST

This is for sure the wrong component because the internal notification area only supports legacy systray items.

Please check if you're using the indicator plugin or the statusnotifier plugin.

Comment 2 timpu.tampu 2020-04-01 19:12:35 CEST

I'm using this one: https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/4.12/systray

Comment 3 Simon Steinbeiss editbugs

2020-04-01 19:14:54 CEST

Ok, in this case yes, this is the legacy systray and it doesn't support text/labels:
https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/GtkStatusIcon.html

Comment 4 timpu.tampu 2020-04-01 19:17:35 CEST

Ok, thanks for making that clear.
If I understand correctly, the statusnotifier plugin does support app indicators and labels will be shown?

Comment 5 Simon Steinbeiss editbugs

2020-04-01 19:42:26 CEST

Yes, the statusnotifier and/or the indicator-plugin should have this feature in general.

Comment 6 Simon Steinbeiss editbugs

2020-04-01 19:43:03 CEST

E.g. indicator-power shows the percentage / remaining time in the indicator.

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