On 2012-01-30 Alexander Yakushev <[email protected]> wrote: > […] Awesome doesn't manage the system tray directly. It > rather just tells X server where the tray should be > drawn, and then X does it itself. That is why there is > very limited way of how you can customize the tray.
Thanks for the explanation. > I myself hate that trash shelf I like it a lot. It provides easy access to programs that run in the background like email client, IM client, battery information and network manager. > so I try to reduce the number of applications that like > to sit there. ACK. When I see other people's systrays (half the screen width …) I totally understand your feelings :) > It's currently only Dropbox and Deluge and I don't need > neither of them before my eyes all the time That exactly is what I like. I want to see when I get a message, a mail or my battery runs low, otherwise I can draw the information somewhere on the desktop, there's a lot more space. > I put together a banal script that shows/hides the > traybar on demand after a key combination is pressed. If > you are interested I can share it somewhere. Thanks for the offer, but I think I will refrain from playing around with it. It's nothing that drives me crazy. As a workaround I picked a wallpaper which is black underneath the systray. Best wishes Marco -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
