Why can't systray icons be bigger ?

infinite · 2016-10-17 04:54:24

Hi ,

Why is there a limit for the size of the systray icons , of 64 pixels ?
Is there a tool which display systray icons bigger ?
It should not be a big deal with svg files for the rendering .

ToZ · 2016-10-17 10:27:22

Looks like it's hard coded.

There is also this bug report and patch that removes the use of the mini-icon if labels are used, that might or might not be relevant.

infinite · 2016-10-17 11:16:55

Thanks but i don't want to remove icons .

I tried with stalonetray , and its kind of the same size that xfce4-panel .
Where are definied the limits for systray icons ?
I also tried with a svg icon theme .

ToZ · 2016-10-17 13:40:45

Sorry, my bad. I confused two plugins.

The systray icons seem to be limited to 64 pixels (see my first link above). However, changing that number alone doesn't fix the issue - there is something else in the code that seems to be limiting the size. Probably best to create a bug report requesting to allow larger sized notification area icons.

infinite · 2016-10-17 14:43:56

Ok, but that doesn't explain why the maximum size of the systray icons is the same for stalonetray .
Which is non-related to xfce4 .
Even if i specify a size of 100 px , it appear like xfce4-panel 64 px limit .

ToZ · 2016-10-17 18:45:53

Interesting. I downloaded stalonetray and noticed the same. Even tried forcing icon size via "stalonetray -i 96 --kludges force_icons_size". I do not know where the limitation is.

infinite · 2016-10-18 06:01:56

stalonetray isn't known to work with xfwm4 .
But , its known to work with xmonad .
I tried , and ... size is still stuck !

Maybe there is bigger sizes with another systray ?
I couldn't find one .

Last edited by infinite (2016-10-18 12:12:27)

infinite · 2016-10-18 12:36:04

There is trayer but its too poor in functionality , and obviously no icon size increase option .

Is there no complete and working systray for GNU/Linux ?

infinite · 2016-10-19 18:21:05

There is no mailing list/forum for stalonetray , its in beta state but come on ..

Is there a similar program which actually work on other os ?

ToZ · 2016-10-19 19:20:54

infinite wrote:

There is no mailing list/forum for stalonetray , its in beta state but come on ..

On it's sourceforge page there is a link to the author's email and a statement to contact him with questions, suggestions, and/or bugs.

Is there a similar program which actually work on other os ?

Tint2?

infinite · 2016-10-23 21:58:52

I installed tint2 , change the line in config file to:

systray_icon_size = 100 #24

Still no effect .
So, it appear that there is no decent systray for GNU/Linux.

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