Keepassxc: [Ubuntu] Keepass not minimising to tray

[dipunm]

Overview

When enabling autostart on boot, Keepass will not minimise or close into the tray. Instead, it goes into the dock.
Closing and re-opening fixes this.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Go to settings and enable "Automatically launch KeePassXC at system startup.
2. Also enable "Show a system tray icon" and "Hide window to system tray when minimised"
3. Restart
4. Keepass launches after login
5. Close Keepass.

Expected Behavior

Keepass should minimise to tray

Actual Behavior

Keepass minimises to dock.

Context

I am using Ubuntu Groovy and installed keepassxc via apt-get using deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/phoerious/keepassxc/ubuntu groovy main

KeePassXC - Version 2.6.2
Revision: e9b9582

Qt 5.14.2
Debugging mode is disabled.

Operating system: Ubuntu 20.10
CPU architecture: x86_64
Kernel: linux 5.8.0-26-generic

Enabled extensions:

• Auto-Type
• Browser Integration
• SSH Agent
• KeeShare (signed and unsigned sharing)
• YubiKey
• Secret Service Integration

Cryptographic libraries:
libgcrypt 1.8.5

Operating System: Linux
Desktop Env: Gnome
Windowing System: X11

[Androphin]

I can confirm the same behavior on Gentoo with KDE too.

[droidmonkey]

Given the linked issue similar to BirdTray, this is not on us. You need to delay the start of keepassxc until after gnome gets going. The application is starting before the tray is available.

[dipunm]

Some extra information: I was able to work around this issue by delaying the startup. I followed this tutorial: https://www.linuxuprising.com/2020/11/how-to-launch-startup-applications-with.html

Edit the following file:

nano ~/.config/autostart/org.keepassxc.KeePassXC.desktop

Add the following line to the bottom of the file:

X-GNOME-Autostart-Delay=3

This will delay the startup by 3 seconds. I personally have found 2 seconds to be fine and the delay is unnoticeable, it looks like it is in the tray by the time my desktop is ready to use. I chose to put 3 seconds in the above example to be safe.

[droidmonkey]

Nice! We can add that to the startup deployment