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Applets missing

Thu, 16 Jul 2015 21:16:01 +0000

After an absence of a couple of months using i3, no applets are anymore in my status bar. Even when I start them manually (like nm-applet) they do not appear. I already tried resizing my status bar from what I read in other threads but this didn't help. Any ideas?

Answer by i3convert for
After an absence of a couple of months using i3, no applets are anymore in my status bar. Even when I start them manually (like nm-applet) they do not appear. I already tried resizing my status bar from what I read in other threads but this didn't help. Any ideas?

Fri, 17 Jul 2015 04:47:51 +0000

What is likely to be missing is the **system tray**. In your config file, in the i3bar configuration section (`bar { ... }`), search for the `tray_output` directive. This directive specifies if the system tray should be displayed and on what output. You may want to experiment a little bit. In particular you can try the following if you find a directive - `tray_output none`: Try deleting it. - `tray_output primary`: Make sure the current screen is primary by running `xrandr --output --primary`, where `` is your current output. - `tray_output `, where `` is not your current output: Modify it to your current output. More information can be found in the i3 User's Guide in [Section 5.8. Tray Output](https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_tray_output).

Comment by nielsk for
What is likely to be missing is the system tray. In your config file, in the i3bar configuration section (`bar { ... }`), search for the `tray_output` directive. This directive specifies if the system tray should be displayed and on what output.

You may want to experiment a little bit. In particular you can try the following if you find a directive

`tray_output none`: Try deleting it.

`tray_output primary`: Make sure the current screen is primary by running `xrandr --output <output> --primary`, where `<output>` is your current output.

`tray_output <output>`, where `<output>` is not your current output: Modify it to your current output.

More information can be found in the i3 User's Guide in Section 5.8. Tray Output.

Sat, 18 Jul 2015 11:13:12 +0000

Thanks a lot. For whatever reason my primary output wasn't set correctly. I guess the switch to lightdm some time ago might be the reason for the problem

Answer by nielsk for
After an absence of a couple of months using i3, no applets are anymore in my status bar. Even when I start them manually (like nm-applet) they do not appear. I already tried resizing my status bar from what I read in other threads but this didn't help. Any ideas?

Sat, 18 Jul 2015 11:12:47 +0000

Thanks a lot. For whatever reason my primary output wasn't set correctly. I guess the switch to lightdm some time ago might be the reason for the problem

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Applets missing

Answer by i3convert for After an absence of a couple of months using i3, no applets are anymore in my status bar. Even when I start them manually (like nm-applet) they do not appear. I already tried resizing my status bar from what I read in other threads but this didn't help. Any ideas?

Answer by nielsk for After an absence of a couple of months using i3, no applets are anymore in my status bar. Even when I start them manually (like nm-applet) they do not appear. I already tried resizing my status bar from what I read in other threads but this didn't help. Any ideas?

Answer by i3convert for
After an absence of a couple of months using i3, no applets are anymore in my status bar. Even when I start them manually (like nm-applet) they do not appear. I already tried resizing my status bar from what I read in other threads but this didn't help. Any ideas?

Answer by nielsk for
After an absence of a couple of months using i3, no applets are anymore in my status bar. Even when I start them manually (like nm-applet) they do not appear. I already tried resizing my status bar from what I read in other threads but this didn't help. Any ideas?