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



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