Way of minimizing applications onto system tray

[deeplow]

Continuing the discussion from Desktop Customization (xfce):

@Sforg

In your opinion, There’s a similar way to minimize in tray any software’s windows here? Install a similar program on dom0 may lead to issue and lack of security? There’s an XFCE alternative, as I’m running this environment now?

I apologize if it’s a yet discussed topic. Thanks in advance!

(forked this topic off)

[deeplow]

@Sforg

In your opinion, There’s a similar way to minimize in tray any software’s windows here? Install a similar program on dom0 may lead to issue and lack of security? There’s an XFCE alternative, as I’m running this environment now?

I don’t fully understand what you mean by “minimizing in the tray”. But it may well be that you would prefer another desktop environment like KDE. But that should be discussed in a separate thread as this on is for XFCE.

[ludovic]

Hi @Sforg

@Sforg

There’s a similar way to minimize in tray any software’s windows here?

I understand that you want some application launchers in the xfce top bar (also named the Panel or the task bar).

I suggest you try the items #1 and #2 of the follow post (about Launcher):

Qubes suggestions from a new user

Hi @d16-user Some workarounds: add your preferred menu shortcuts in the task bar (task bar, right click, Panel, add new items, Launcher). Then edit the added empty launcher (right click on it, properties, +, and choose a menu entry) as above add a Launcher, and inside the Launcher add multiple entries, this create a group of applications Did you try the Whisker menu? Mapped on the Windows key shortcut, it becomes very easy to launch an item from the menu list : Win+some characters of your re…

Also I suggest you try the Whisker menu.

[Sforg]

Thanks for your replies and suggestions!

@deeplow

I don’t fully understand what you mean by “minimizing in the tray”. But it may well be that you would prefer another desktop environment like KDE But that should be discussed in a separate thread as this on is for XFCE.

I love KDE, but sometimes is a mess make everything work. So now, that I’m using Qubes for about a month I’m preferring to keep XFCE for better stability. I used to call system tray (systray…tray sorry for abbreviation) the section of the taskbars in Windows or Linux that is used to display the icons of certain programs and notification. I see that here in the panel is called notification area. Sorry if my english lead to a misleading

@ludovic

I understand that you want some application launchers in the xfce top bar (also named the Panel or the task bar).

I don’t want some application launcher in panel, rather I’d like a way to minimize in the notification area some application which I’ve opened, with the purpose to have more space in the panel.
Not all applications include it among the possibilities, I was wondering if there was a little program or an option of qubes to do it.
That’s why I gave the example of kdocker, it meets this need, but I can accept that there is not a counterpart for XFCE, just curious

[ludovic]

Hi @Sforg,

@Sforg

I’d like a way to minimize in the notification area some application which I’ve opened

Me, I don’t get to know a such generic tool for XFCE, which doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist… I suggest you explore the XFCE reference site (projects, wiki, …).

Or just use KDocker itself:

GitHub - user-none/KDocker: KDocker will help you dock any application into...

The Readme.md : “Works for both KDE and GNOME (In fact it should work for most modern window managers that support NET WM Specification. I believe it works for XFCE, for instance)”

[deeplow]

Some applications like signal, hexchat, telegram do minimize to the system tray when you close them. But that’s because they’re designed to do that (generally chat applications).

(@Sforg I’ve moved this converation onto a new topic. Feel free to suggest a better title.)