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dettod2k

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Registered: 2024-04-16

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How to style network manager in system tray?

Hi!

How do i style a network manager icon in the system tray? #sn-button only affected bluetooth and discord icons, but not network manager.
#nm-applet doesn't work.

https://imgur.com/a/T2Z4UMM

Last edited by dettod2k (2024-04-16 11:57:00)

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,485

Re: How to style network manager in system tray?

Hello and welcome.

As I understand it, the default nm-applet is run as a legacy status tray instance - one that doesn't really allow CSS tweaking (you get what you get). However, depending on the distro you use and whether it built nm-applet with indicator support, you could run nm-applet like this:

nm-applet --indicator

...so that it is run as an appindicator. This will enable the #sn-button style class that you can tweak.

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dettod2k

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Registered: 2024-04-16

Posts: 3

Re: How to style network manager in system tray?

Hello and welcome.

As I understand it, the default nm-applet is run as a legacy status tray instance - one that doesn't really allow CSS tweaking (you get what you get). However, depending on the distro you use and whether it built nm-applet with indicator support, you could run nm-applet like this:

nm-applet --indicator

...so that it is run as an appindicator. This will enable the #sn-button style class that you can tweak.

I think we're going the right direction though I still don't understand exactly what am i supposed to do.. Using void linux.

Am i supposed to run nm-applet --indicator in the terminal and that's it?

I already have #sn-class. It styles my bluetooth/discord icons just fine. But not networkmanagers.

Last edited by dettod2k (2024-04-16 12:59:51)

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,485

Re: How to style network manager in system tray?

To test it:

pkill nm-applet
nm-applet --indicator

...and see if you can style it.

If so, then (hopefully this will work on Void), copy /etc/xdg/autostart/nm-applet.desktop to ~/.config/autostart and then edit this newly copied file and change the "Exec=" line to read:

Exec=nm-applet --indicator

Then log out and back in again.

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dettod2k

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Registered: 2024-04-16

Posts: 3

Re: How to style network manager in system tray?

To test it:

pkill nm-applet
nm-applet --indicator

...and see if you can style it.

If so, then (hopefully this will work on Void), copy /etc/xdg/autostart/nm-applet.desktop to ~/.config/autostart and then edit this newly copied file and change the "Exec=" line to read:

Exec=nm-applet --indicator

Then log out and back in again.

My god, you're a savior. Huge, huge thanks! Small thing, but been struggling since early morning, haha.

Thanks again!!