Silly workaround for missing GNOME tray icon

Bugs and issues Linux
#1

For people who, like me, are having trouble with insync running but not showing anywhere on GNOME’s top bar (despite all the hacks with extensions etc.), here goes a tip that might make your life a little bit easier: try assigning “insync show” to a keyboard combination. I just assigned it to ALT+I, and even though I miss being able to quickly glance at the tray icon to see what is insync’s status, at least now I have a quick way to interact with it and, in my experience, it makes a difference (YMMV).

Hope it helps.

3 Likes
#2

OK, that’s awesome. Thank you. Been having lots of these issues. I actually prefer “insync show” over a persistently resident applet tray icon. Although I have one problem: I get a window notification that insync.py is ready that is drawn over the pop-down window (guess I’ll disable notifications for insync). I wish they had a tear-off window, though, or something like a “main window”. This non-resizable drop-down menu is pretty weak. EDIT: the “pop-down” menu actually appears wherever I put my mouse, so as long as I rest my mouse on the bottom of the screen, the notification isn’t a problem. Thanks again for the nice tip.

#3

You’re welcome! Glad it helped, thks for the feedback :smile:

(and, yes, the notification for insync.py is annoying :unamused:)

#4

Awesome job, @Costa! Rest assured, we’re looking to fix these issues with our upcoming releases. :slight_smile: