Public bug reported: Current status notifier/application indicator implementations such as KDE Plasma or the Xfce Status Notifier Plugin display the indicators "title" and "icon-desc" or "attention-icon-desc" properties in a tooltip. In fallback mode, i.e. when the icon is a tray icon, does not show a tooltip and neither provides an API to make use of the tooltip functionality of the GtkStatusIcon.
This is specifically a problem for my project package-update-indicator which notifies of available package updates with an icon. If users miss the associated notification or do not use a notification daemon it is rather confusing without a tooltip providing the name of the indicator it belongs to as well as an brief explanation like "Updates available". I've created a patch which replicates the behavior of KDE Plasma or the Xfce Status Notifier Plugin in fallback mode by displaying a tooltip with the contents of the "title" and "icon-desc" or "attention-icon- desc". ** Affects: libappindicator (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to libappindicator in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1781654 Title: No way of displaying a tooltip in fallback mode Status in libappindicator package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Current status notifier/application indicator implementations such as KDE Plasma or the Xfce Status Notifier Plugin display the indicators "title" and "icon-desc" or "attention-icon-desc" properties in a tooltip. In fallback mode, i.e. when the icon is a tray icon, does not show a tooltip and neither provides an API to make use of the tooltip functionality of the GtkStatusIcon. This is specifically a problem for my project package-update-indicator which notifies of available package updates with an icon. If users miss the associated notification or do not use a notification daemon it is rather confusing without a tooltip providing the name of the indicator it belongs to as well as an brief explanation like "Updates available". I've created a patch which replicates the behavior of KDE Plasma or the Xfce Status Notifier Plugin in fallback mode by displaying a tooltip with the contents of the "title" and "icon-desc" or "attention-icon-desc". To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libappindicator/+bug/1781654/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp