Since GS 3.8 working with message tray has become much more comfortable for two reasons: first, with "pressure" feature you nowdon't ususally open the message tray accidentally, and second, there is a convenient way to show message tray (Super+M) and focus messages (Super+N, or Super+Space?).
Still there are some app icons that are placed in the message tray, but you would rather see them on the panel. For one reason, some icons indicate the current status of the app, and another reason is that some apps provide extensive right click menus through system tray icons, and working with those in message tray is not great. The only solution as of now if you use any of such apps is to use an extension that would move icons from message tray to the top. There were many such extensions on extensions.gnome.org, and I am not sure which ones are still supported. But go there and search for "message tray icons". Vadim. On 02/11/2014 06:00 AM, gnome-shell-list-requ...@gnome.org wrote: > Send gnome-shell-list mailing list submissions to > gnome-shell-list@gnome.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > gnome-shell-list-requ...@gnome.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > gnome-shell-list-ow...@gnome.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of gnome-shell-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. How to manage applications using the system tray? > (Christian Dysthe) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 10:11:03 -0600 > From: Christian Dysthe <cdys...@gmail.com> > To: Gnome Shell List <gnome-shell-list@gnome.org> > Subject: How to manage applications using the system tray? > Message-ID: <1392048663.9009.8.camel@ThinkPad-T430s> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hi, > > I have used Gnome Shell on and off for a while, but now it's my main DE. > I have to use a couple of applications like Skype, HipChat and Dropbox > which lives in the system tray. What is the best way to work with > applications like that under Gnome Shell since they do not show up in > the top right with the other icons. I know they are accessible at the > bottom with a key combo, but I wonder how people work with applications > like that on Gnome Shell. > _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
