Ubuntu
libappindicator package

appindicator does not render string icons.

Bug #1403451 reported by fujiwara
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libappindicator (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

It seems KDE5 does not support GtkStatusIcon.
I create a GdkPixbuf from cairo which shows dynamic string icon in the image and use gtk_status_icon_set_from_pixbuf() to show the icon.
I cannot find the similar way in appindicator to show one or two characters in the panel icon.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report, can you give some specifics of what you are using/trying to do exactly?

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fujiwara (takao-fujiwara) wrote :

app_indicator_set_icon_full() uses "IconName" dbus method via GDBusInterfaceVTable.get_property() and it supports icon names only.
But I'd like to draw a string on the panel icon instead of the static icon files without linking QT libraries, QIcon, QPixmap.
E.g. a new API, app_indicator_set_icon_string("EN")
I need to draw the language prefix, "EN", "FR", "JA".

I could do it with GtkStatusIcon with gtk_status_icon_set_from_pixbuf(). I created GdkPixbuf dynamically and changes the icon.
Since my app is GTK and try to use appindicator for KDE5.

dobey (dobey)
affects: indicator-application (Ubuntu) → libappindicator (Ubuntu)
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in libappindicator (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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