As I have already wrote on AskUbuntu ( https://askubuntu.com/a/1107774/66509 ):
" To fix the menu display we need to launch hplip with help of DBus (as in [DropBox case](https://askubuntu.com/a/1065718/66509)) by creating and editing this file: killall hp-systray rm ~/.hplip/hp-systray.lock mkdir -p ~/.config/autostart/ cp /etc/xdg/autostart/hplip-systray.desktop ~/.config/autostart/ sed -i "s/hp-systray -x/dbus-launch hp-systray -x/" ~/.config/autostart/hplip-systray.desktop and then reboot and enjoy " ** Also affects: hplip Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1810745 Title: HPLIP hp-systray tray icon does not show dropdown menu in MATE Panel on 18.04 LTS, 18.10 and 19.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1810745/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs