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[Bug]: Tray Icon not Working on Fedora 39 & GNOME
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Bug description
Fedora 39 (released 11/7) comes with a newer version of GNOME (45.1) and now the tray icon for Nextcloud is not working.
First, the tray icon will not show by default. I don't see any officially documented solutions for this but after some research I installed the GNOME extension "Tray Icons: Reloaded" and now I am seeing the icon,
However when I right click on it, the options are showing on the left side of the screen:
It doesn't appear there is an official method of implementing a tray icon for GNOME at the moment, so Nextcloud documentation should be updated to reflect updates to GNOME and workarounds or the status of the tray icon needs to be laid out to Linux users. As of now, the documentation makes it seem users should expect a visual tray icon that has options that will appear underneath it if you right-click.
Steps to reproduce
- Install Fedora 39 Workstation
- Install Nextcloud Desktop Client
- Tray icon will not show
- (Optional) Use Tray Icons: Reloaded GNOME extension to force tray icon to appear. Right-clicking on the tray icon won't have its options show directly underneath.
Expected behavior
On previous Fedora/GNOME versions, the tray icon options would load directly underneath the icon.
Which files are affected by this bug
NA
Operating system
Linux
Which version of the operating system you are running.
Fedora 39
Package
Appimage
Nextcloud Server version
27.1.2
Nextcloud Desktop Client version
3.10.1 (Fedora)
Is this bug present after an update or on a fresh install?
Fresh desktop client install
Are you using the Nextcloud Server Encryption module?
Encryption is Disabled
Are you using an external user-backend?
- [ ] Default internal user-backend
- [ ] LDAP/ Active Directory
- [ ] SSO - SAML
- [ ] Other
Nextcloud Server logs
No response
Additional info
No response
I don't know whether I should open a new issue or just comment here, but I have recently started having the same issue (no icon in the system tray) with KDE Plasma on a Debian Testing. Plasma 5.27.9 KDE Frameworks 5.107.0 Qt 5.15.10 Graphics platform: X11 Kernel 6.5.0
If I want to open the application, I need to launch it from a terminal by typing nextcloud or double click on the .desktop file.
@a73s which GNOME extension are you using to get the tray icon to show?
"AppIndicator and KStatusNotifierItem Support"
@a73s it is acting just like Tray Icons: Reloaded where the icon shows but right clicking is placing the options on the other side of the status bar. Not sure what is going on. But no documentation to reflect at least needing these extensions.
I also use https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/615/appindicator-support/, and it works fine for me on Fedora 39, GNOME Wayland desktop.
Yeah I didn't realize I had to reboot but the AppIndicator and KStatusNotifierItem Support extension made it work for me. The other extension must be broken. However, still requesting Nextcloud provide some sort of documentation on this. Linux users shouldn't be left in the dark, even if we're used to having to research and put the puzzle pieces together ourselves.
I also use https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/615/appindicator-support/, and it works fine for me on Fedora 39, GNOME Wayland desktop.
Yeah, It work for me, thanks!
I think that the issue is that the newer versions of gnome don't actually have a traditional "system tray" or anything that even remotely works like one. While some things do add pieces to the header bar as if they were systray icons, those things actually include their own gnome-shell extensions.
