tray icon doesn't fit well in transparent panel

[Olivier Cortès]

Binary package hint: gstm

In Feisty, gstm's trayicon doesn't draw its background transparent when gnome-panel is set to transparent.
The same bug has been fixed in many other apps in dapper and edgy, there should be patches in C and python hanging around.

[Olivier Cortès (olive)]

Ping ? This still happens under gutsy beta... Fix have already been published for many applets during previous release cycles. I know i shouldn't confirm my own bugs, is there anyone here using gstm too ??

[Tarnay Kálmán (tarnay-kalman)]

It's still present in hardy. Looks pretty ugly :)

[Trochee (trochee)]

I can confirm this bug in Hardy today.

I thought it might be just that the tray icon had non-transparent backgrounds filled in, but I checked both the .png and .xpm files in Inkscape; they correctly have transparent pixels. Something deeper isn't right. Does the OP have any pointers to the patches that fixed this in other apps?

[Ryan Niebur (ryan52)]

I will look into this.

Thanks for the bug report,
Ryan

[Ryan Niebur (ryan52)]

will work on this later on.

[Mattias Eriksson (snaggen)]

I have created a gstm project in launchpad where I have fixed this issue and some others.
https://code.launchpad.net/~snaggen/gstm/gtm.devgen/gstm/gstm.dev

[Mattias Eriksson (snaggen)]

As a bonus, I also changed the tray icon to better match the karmic look....

[Tarnay Kálmán (tarnay-kalman)]

Fix in lucid

[Alexei Vlasov (alexei-vlassov)]

does't fixed in Natty

[Renato Garcia (renatao-garcia)]

This is still happening in Natty.

[Chris Savery (chrissavery)]

This still looks ugly in maverick and natty. Big gray box with lock in middle.
Was the fix supposed to enable transparency? I recall checking the icon and it was transparent but I expect the code doesn't draw it correctly. Maybe it's a small detail but for many (like me) it's like a needle in the eye every time the tray shows up. Hope a full fix can be found sometime as I really like this package.

[Dallen Wilson (dallen.wilson)]

A patch to fix this was uploaded under bug #729499 on 2011-03-04. A patched package is available in my ppa, tests ok in Maverick; I haven't upgrade to Natty yet.

I wouldn't hold your breath for an official fix though. If I remember correctly, the system tray is being depreciated and bugs like this won't have much priority once that happens.

[Renato Garcia (renatao-garcia)]

Thank you Dallen, I've installed the package from your ppa and it is fixed now.