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Use libdbus for trays on Linux instead of Ayatana and GTK

Open eafton opened this issue 3 weeks ago • 10 comments

WIP implementation of a pure libdbus tray implementation, should close #13666, #11703 and https://github.com/Taiko2k/Tauon/pull/1772.

Notes: -Some of the menu interfaces are unimplemented for now. -Tray creation, icon/tooltip setting works properly. -Menu export and callbacks are working. -DestroyTray does not clean up memory for menus and entries. -Various TODOs in the code are present. -Canonical's protocol is used for menu export, the GIO menu protocol is unsupported. -Currently there is no support for the old XEmbed tray protocol, that will come once more "toolkit" functionality (see #14395) gets implemented. Functionality for having multiple tray drivers is already implemented. -Tooltips are supported unlike the old Ayatana implementation.

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@ssokolow @smcv @slouken

eafton avatar Dec 03 '25 19:12 eafton

Whitespace and style changes are making it difficult to read the actual changes.

Tiny patch to make it build on alder systems:

diff --git a/src/core/linux/SDL_dbus.h b/src/core/linux/SDL_dbus.h
index 738fc06..27dcd41 100644
--- a/src/core/linux/SDL_dbus.h
+++ b/src/core/linux/SDL_dbus.h
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
 #ifndef DBUS_TYPE_UNIX_FD
 #define DBUS_TYPE_UNIX_FD ((int)'h')
 #endif
+#ifndef DBUS_ERROR_UNKNOWN_PROPERTY
+#define DBUS_ERROR_UNKNOWN_PROPERTY "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownProperty"
+#endif
 
 typedef struct SDL_DBusContext
 {

sezero avatar Dec 03 '25 20:12 sezero

+#ifndef DBUS_ERROR_UNKNOWN_PROPERTY
+#define DBUS_ERROR_UNKNOWN_PROPERTY "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownProperty"
+#endif

Implemented.

eafton avatar Dec 03 '25 20:12 eafton

Menu export works now, I just gotta wire it up.

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eafton avatar Dec 04 '25 09:12 eafton

Will this implementation count with being able to use scroll events?

Currently we use it to set volume up/down based on scroll up/down over the tray (albeit the support for that in the current tray ecosystem seems spotty).

https://github.com/Taiko2k/Tauon/blob/e943bef475eb555b6bd5769e02ec7f11f80d2d54/src/tauon/t_modules/t_dbus.py#L269-L289

C0rn3j avatar Dec 06 '25 13:12 C0rn3j

If I'm understanding the SDL docs correctly, the SDL API having its guts rewritten currently only exposes the ability to define a context menu and set an icon and tooltip.

(Which matches what I'm seeing in the diff where a quick Ctrl+F shows no mention of the D-Bus SecondaryActivate or Scroll signals... SecondaryActivate being middle click under KDE.)

ssokolow avatar Dec 06 '25 13:12 ssokolow

Will this implementation count with being able to use scroll events?

Currently we use it to set volume up/down based on scroll up/down over the tray (albeit the support for that in the current tray ecosystem seems spotty).

https://github.com/Taiko2k/Tauon/blob/e943bef475eb555b6bd5769e02ec7f11f80d2d54/src/tauon/t_modules/t_dbus.py#L269-L289

If the maintainers approve, we can add this.

@slouken

eafton avatar Dec 06 '25 14:12 eafton

Will this implementation count with being able to use scroll events? Currently we use it to set volume up/down based on scroll up/down over the tray (albeit the support for that in the current tray ecosystem seems spotty). https://github.com/Taiko2k/Tauon/blob/e943bef475eb555b6bd5769e02ec7f11f80d2d54/src/tauon/t_modules/t_dbus.py#L269-L289

If the maintainers approve, we can add this.

@slouken

Sure, we can add this. Go ahead and create a separate follow-on PR once this lands and include Windows support as well.

Thanks!

slouken avatar Dec 06 '25 16:12 slouken

Two more things that I can't seem to find in the current source, is it planned to:

  1. Be able to hide/show the icon without destroying it completely? AppIndicator has this option via set_status(0) and set_status(1) - https://lazka.github.io/pgi-docs/AyatanaAppIndicator3-0.1/classes/Indicator.html#AyatanaAppIndicator3.Indicator.set_status + https://lazka.github.io/pgi-docs/AyatanaAppIndicator3-0.1/enums.html#AyatanaAppIndicator3.IndicatorStatus

  2. Set icon description - this seems to be done for accessibility, unsure where/how it's actually used - https://lazka.github.io/pgi-docs/AyatanaAppIndicator3-0.1/classes/Indicator.html#AyatanaAppIndicator3.Indicator.set_icon_full

Thank you very much for working on this implementation!

C0rn3j avatar Dec 08 '25 14:12 C0rn3j

Two more things that I can't seem to find in the current source, is it planned to:

  1. Be able to hide/show the icon without destroying it completely? AppIndicator has this option via set_status(0) and set_status(1) - https://lazka.github.io/pgi-docs/AyatanaAppIndicator3-0.1/classes/Indicator.html#AyatanaAppIndicator3.Indicator.set_status + https://lazka.github.io/pgi-docs/AyatanaAppIndicator3-0.1/enums.html#AyatanaAppIndicator3.IndicatorStatus
  2. Set icon description - this seems to be done for accessibility, unsure where/how it's actually used - https://lazka.github.io/pgi-docs/AyatanaAppIndicator3-0.1/classes/Indicator.html#AyatanaAppIndicator3.Indicator.set_icon_full

Thank you very much for working on this implementation!

What do you think? @slouken

eafton avatar Dec 09 '25 09:12 eafton

Two more things that I can't seem to find in the current source, is it planned to:

  1. Be able to hide/show the icon without destroying it completely? AppIndicator has this option via set_status(0) and set_status(1) - https://lazka.github.io/pgi-docs/AyatanaAppIndicator3-0.1/classes/Indicator.html#AyatanaAppIndicator3.Indicator.set_status + https://lazka.github.io/pgi-docs/AyatanaAppIndicator3-0.1/enums.html#AyatanaAppIndicator3.IndicatorStatus
  2. Set icon description - this seems to be done for accessibility, unsure where/how it's actually used - https://lazka.github.io/pgi-docs/AyatanaAppIndicator3-0.1/classes/Indicator.html#AyatanaAppIndicator3.Indicator.set_icon_full

Thank you very much for working on this implementation!

What do you think? @slouken

Typically we expose features in SDL that are available on multiple platforms. If this can be implemented on Windows, then it's fine to add. If it can't, we can discuss use cases and figure out if it makes sense to add it as a platform specific feature.

slouken avatar Dec 09 '25 17:12 slouken