White square around icon

[DBChoco]

Does anyone know how I can remove the white square here ?

https://i.imgur.com/OSgLx1p.png

I'm on Arch linux, using XFCE4. Thanks for the help.

[dustinkredmond]

Are you using a transparent PNG for the image?

[DBChoco]

Yes I am, shouldn't I ?

[dustinkredmond]

It would have been my suggestion to do exactly this (use a transparent PNG). Unfortunately, FXTrayIcon is merely an abstraction for the AWT TrayIcon, so any issue such as this one should be submitted as a bug report against the AWT implementation. It may be possible to try other formats for you desktop environment, but unfortunately this is not a bug that the maintainers of this particular library are able to address.

[EasyG0ing1]

@DBChoco - Have you tested it using one of the built-in tray icons to see if the behavior is the same? Because even though you might have a transparent png image as your icon, it might have pixels in it with an opacity low enough that it would not show up under normal viewing, but in certain circumstances, those pixels might get highlighted. So I would try with one of the built-in icons just to be sure that the behavior is consistent regardless of the icon image used.

There is a ready-to-run test app under src/test... called DefaultIconTest, I would run that and see if the behavior is still the same.

[DBChoco]

@DBChoco - Have you tested it using one of the built-in tray icons to see if the behavior is the same? Because even though you might have a transparent png image as your icon, it might have pixels in it with an opacity low enough that it would not show up under normal viewing, but in certain circumstances, those pixels might get highlighted. So I would try with one of the built-in icons just to be sure that the behavior is consistent regardless of the icon image used.

There is a ready-to-run test app under src/test... called DefaultIconTest, I would run that and see if the behavior is still the same.

Hi there, I just tested the default icon, and I have the same result: https://i.imgur.com/AA3Ihif.png I couldn't get it on a screenshot but even the menu items look really bad, like out of Windows 95.

It's really a shame since it seems like there is no direct solution, should I close the issue ?

[EasyG0ing1]

@DBChoco - I just ran the DefaultIcon code on a Windows 11 virtual machine and I'm not seeing the same behavior that you're seeing ... could it be something with your particular setup in Windows?

[DBChoco]

@EasyG0ing1 I'm actually on XFCE (arch linux), isn't it supported ?

[EasyG0ing1]

@DBChoco - Anything Linux and JavaFX can be ... "mystery meat" ... but then mix FX with AWT and all bets are off for anything consistent among Linux builds. I do know it has a lot to do with whether or not your desktop environment has support specifically for JavaFX ... I know that some Gnome builds do while others don't and beyond that, I'm not all that read up on it. I use MacOS myself the majority of the time - best of both worlds, at least for me.

:-)

[DBChoco]

but then mix FX with AWT @EasyG0ing1 By FX are you talking about this module ? Then should I use FX for Windows & macOS and use a customized AWT System tray for Linux ?

[EasyG0ing1]

@DBChoco - No, when I say FX, That's just the lazy way of saying JavaFX

[DBChoco]

Oh okay, seems likes I misunderstood your previous reply. I think I'll close this now then, since it seems like there is no way you could fix it. Thanks for all the replies and advice, I appreciate it.

[EasyG0ing1]

@DBChoco - Yeah ... modifying core Java AWT libraries - or more specifically - fixing what Oracle never did right in the first place, isn't really in my skillset, unfortunately. ☺