app indicator should close to tray

[Bennett Kanuka]

Using gtg from bzr branch lp:gtg

I would expect that clicking the X on the task window would simply hide the main window and keep gtg running in the background. Instead, gtg completely exits.

I am considering this as a bug because it goes against the application indicator behavior of all other programs.

[Izidor Matušov (izidor)]

I can confirm the bug.

[Lionel Dricot (ploum-deactivatedaccount)]

"I am considering this as a bug because it goes against the application indicator behavior of all other programs."

No. There is no standardized way of interacting with the tray. Some applications close, some don't.

The fact of not closing when the user press close is common but, UI speaking, is a very bad thing and is not recommended (if you hit close, it should close, damn it!). The fact that "a lot of applications are doing it wrong" should not and never be an argument.

Anyway, with Unity and Gnome-shell, the tray is becoming completely different. I believe that the tray plugin should be maintained out of GTG trunk anyway.

Read http://ploum.net/post/219-the-aristocratic-desktop-part-3-there-s-no-tray-icon-in-gnome for more background.

[Izidor Matušov (izidor)]

This bug is a regression of a notification area plugin. GTG 0.2.4 has this behaviour and for some users including me it was an important feature. As far as it is a plugin feature which must be turned on manually, we should allow developers to do that. During the recraftoring something went bad and this feature is broken.