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KostadinAtanasov / evolution-on

evolution-tray plugin suitable for arch packaging and with useful patches
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Cannot "see" tray icon #4

Open stdedos opened 7 years ago

stdedos commented 7 years ago

Ubuntu 16.04.3 x64 / Latest Evolution (3.18.5.2) / Unity (I assume)

After I activate the plugin and set it to hide on startup, Evolution GUI "does not show up", I have to open a new window to get-by (to disable the plugin)

Massimo-B commented 7 years ago

I have enabled [X] Hidden on startup [x] Hide on minimize [X] Hide on close

Starting evolution in the Autostart of my WM only the Tray icon is visible. Clicking opens the new window. That does not work for you?

What old Linux is that. Evolution is at least 3.24.5 currently, if not then the latest stable was 3.22.6 here.

stdedos commented 7 years ago

I had selected the same settings in my installation as you.

I apologize for the old version I have. I would like to update that.

However, that is Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS support, and this is the evolution provided in apt-get. Is there any repository/ppa you'd recommend I install from?

Although I cannot provide a screenshot (since it's work computer), I'd be interested to know what does it look like, so I can "search" for its appearance.

zsugabubus commented 6 years ago

You may have to install libappindicator-dev and ./configure --with-libappindicator=yes to make it work.

infeeeee commented 6 years ago

I have this same problem as well. I use @zsugabubus 's fork, I tried acidrain's fork as well. I tried with ./configure --with-libappindicator=yes. When I minimize or start minimized evolution is running in the background, I recieve notification on new mails, however I cannot open the evolution window as there is no tray icon. (If I try to open from applications, it doesn't open, only if I kill the process in the background, but I think it's a different issue)

I have ubuntu 18.04.1, GNOME 3.28.3 Evolution 3.28.1. I tried with X11 and wayland, no difference.

vagrod commented 5 years ago

Same issue on Manjaro Gnome. Have Evolution 3.34.1 and plugin version 3.24.2-2. Appindicator is installed, I can see a bunch of other app indicator icons, but no Evolution. So after hiding, I cannot bring back app window. Launching new instance does nothing, app is stuck somewhere in memory and cannot be shown. Evolution is a good mail client, but it's a shame that it lacks such a basic functionality, and plugins are not always working.

jmiskinis commented 4 years ago

libappindicator doesn't support this icon. However, if you enable legacy icons using an appropriate extension (e.g., https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1503/tray-icons/), the icon becomes visible in the top bar.

You can spawn Evolution's window by clicking on that icon. However, it stops working in cases described in #9.

Also, as mentioned by @stdedos, if you start Evolution minimized and then try to open the app by clicking on it in the applications window, it does not work and returns this error:

Feb 01 01:59:38 jlaptop evolution[13287]: Your application did not unregister from D-Bus before destruction. Consider using g_application_run().

stdedos commented 4 years ago

Okay, so, it seems, unless you are willing to build from sources, and jump through hoops, and be limited in what you are doing, it's not possible to have this feature.