It's not an exciting idea but given that I run jNetMap all the time, every day, it'd be handy to shrink it out of the way but be able to resurrect it when needed.
Yeah when GNOME 3 killed the system tray, I fist messed with a compatibility layer and then simply gave up. But maybe it will work for you on Cinnamon - check out the latest dev build, I added (basic) tray icon support: Preferences -> General -> Tray icon (needs a restart). The option will disappear if your system reports not supporting SystemTray.
Last edit: rakudave 2024-06-18
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I''m using On Linux Mint 21.3, but it's the Mate edition. It almost works: there's a system tray icon which toggles jNetMap between shrunk and expanded, but in the shrunk case the application's icon still remains visible in the application panel (task bar).
I know other applications (Skype for example) do vacate the task bar when they shrink to the system tray icon so must mean it is possible with Mate's "Marco" WM but how it works, I have no idea.
but that also keeps the application on the panel rather than hiding it when minimised to the applet tray.
Edit: I have discovered that the applet can be made to "push" all of the panel's (task bar) application icons to the end of the panel and out of sight, leaving the applet alone showing in the panel. In this way, you can minimise (e.g.) Chrome, Thunderbird, jNetMap to an icon and have a clear desktop. Clicking on the iconised application in the applet expands the window to be visible. Minimising the window sends it back into the applet.
Last edit: E. B. 2024-06-20
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Yeah when GNOME 3 killed the system tray, I fist messed with a compatibility layer and then simply gave up. But maybe it will work for you on Cinnamon - check out the latest dev build, I added (basic) tray icon support: Preferences -> General -> Tray icon (needs a restart). The option will disappear if your system reports not supporting SystemTray.
Last edit: rakudave 2024-06-18
I''m using On Linux Mint 21.3, but it's the Mate edition. It almost works: there's a system tray icon which toggles jNetMap between shrunk and expanded, but in the shrunk case the application's icon still remains visible in the application panel (task bar).
I know other applications (Skype for example) do vacate the task bar when they shrink to the system tray icon so must mean it is possible with Mate's "Marco" WM but how it works, I have no idea.
I tried this just now:
https://github.com/ubuntu-mate/mate-dock-applet
but that also keeps the application on the panel rather than hiding it when minimised to the applet tray.
Edit: I have discovered that the applet can be made to "push" all of the panel's (task bar) application icons to the end of the panel and out of sight, leaving the applet alone showing in the panel. In this way, you can minimise (e.g.) Chrome, Thunderbird, jNetMap to an icon and have a clear desktop. Clicking on the iconised application in the applet expands the window to be visible. Minimising the window sends it back into the applet.
Last edit: E. B. 2024-06-20