I've noticed that there are still a number of issues that are getting opened regarding missing tray features despite the existence of this post, so I thought I would elaborate a bit more on these points.
Most of the issues fall under these two categories:
- [ ] Some X icons don't show - these programs use the XEmbed specification, which currently isn't supported. Please encourage them to use Status Notifier Items instead. The other way for this to work would be to implement a proxy, like plasma. (in fact, it should be possible to use plasma's proxy to get these icons to work, but I couldn't get it to install, and it would be nice to have one included)
- [ ] Click actions don't work - these programs use the Canonical DBus menu specification, which needs to be implemented.
However, it is currently blocked by layer shell popups: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/issues/3871~~
The following features are either implementation details or extensions for usability:
- [ ] Caching icons correctly: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/icon-theme-spec/icon-theme-spec-latest.html#implementation_notes (ref https://github.com/swaywm/sway/issues/3789)
- [ ] Locales when parsing index.theme file
- [ ] Way to re-arrange icons
Currently not being worked on (by me, at least) so contributions would be very welcome :)
ianyfan
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KDE guys have a XEmbed proxy daemon https://github.com/KDE/plasma-workspace/tree/master/xembed-sni-proxy
artizirk
on 1 Mar 2019
Consider adding: SVG icons support.
Currently, for example, Quassel shows sad face instead of icon because its icon is SVG.
m-khvoinitsky
on 16 Mar 2019
Hmm, I did allow it to load SVGs if it was built with gdk-pixbuf2 support, but I never actually tested it, so it might have gone wrong somewhere.
ianyfan
on 16 Mar 2019
I'm not 100% sure that the reason is SVG but that's the only difference that I've noticed between Quassel and working icons. And there is no any hint in logs.
m-khvoinitsky
on 16 Mar 2019
However, it is currently blocked by layer shell popups
This can now be implemented, as layer-shell popups are supported by Sway.
emersion
on 16 Aug 2019
Should an issue be created for the implementing the DBus menu specification?
agraven
on 26 Aug 2019
Consider adding: SVG icons support.
Currently, for example, Quassel shows sad face instead of icon because its icon is SVG.
It works since 1.4.
m-khvoinitsky
on 27 Jan 2020
PR implementing D-Bus menus: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/pull/5161
emersion
on 30 Mar 2020
I'm not sure what is spec'd, but is it possible to have tray icon tooltips, that helps me identify the tray item, some sort of name or title?
nmschulte
on 17 Apr 2020
Hm, I guess you can do it now that popups have been implemented, and there is a tooltip property in the SNI spec, but it's not something that I'm planning on doing, so someone else will have to implement it
ianyfan
on 18 Apr 2020
how do i enable this? running archlinux on sway 1.4. but the only tray icon i have ever seen on my system through swaybar was albert, which didnt work due to the whole isolation that wayland does
Merith-TK
on 21 Apr 2020
Recently I began to use Sway instead of i3 and I only have one bug, my system tray has no menu bar with actions, for example, Steam or Telegram also i3 by default has a WiFi settings icon that I have never seen in SwayWM. Good luck with this project because Wayland is the future. Anyway, Sway has more features and I absolutely like it!
LambLeeg
on 21 Jun 2020
Both xembed-sni-proxy and snixembed failed to work on sway-1.5 on gentoo linux.
crocket
on 15 Sep 2020
Can we please stop reporting random bugs here please? If xembed proxy doesn't work, and it's _identifiably a problem with sway_, then please open a new issue. The tray was written as a standards-compliant implementation, and not to specifically work with an xembed proxy, so the places where they work are more of a happy accident. There are also no current plans to roll our own proxy either.
Please encourage xembed apps to use SNIs, thanks.
ianyfan
on 23 Sep 2020
For anyone searching for a short term solution for menues: It is not that hard to show dbus menues in dmenu or something like that. Proof of concept: https://gist.github.com/xi/b88af997b485191fa0beb5d6612ead29
xi
on 25 Dec 2020
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Consider adding: SVG icons support.
Currently, for example, Quassel shows sad face instead of icon because its icon is SVG.