Tray

Library for managing the systemtray by implementing the StatusNotifierItem protocol.

Usage

You can browse the Tray reference.

CLI

astal-tray --help

Library

JavaScript

import Tray from "gi://AstalTray"

const tray = Tray.get_default()

for (const item of tray.get_items()) {
  print(item.title)
}

Python

from gi.repository import AstalTray as Tray

tray = Tray.get_default()

for item in tray.get_items():
    print(item.title)

Lua

local Tray = require("lgi").require("AstalTray")

local tray = Tray.get_default()

for _, i in ipairs(tray.items) do
    print(i.title)
end

Vala

// Not yet documented

Installation

1. install dependencies

   Arch

   sudo pacman -Syu meson json-glib gobject-introspection

   Fedora

   sudo dnf install meson json-glib-devel gobject-introspection-devel

   Ubuntu

   sudo apt install meson libjson-glib-dev gobject-introspection

2. install appmenu-glib-translator

   git clone https://github.com/rilian-la-te/vala-panel-appmenu.git
   cd vala-panel-appmenu/subprojects/appmenu-glib-translator
   meson setup build
   meson install -C build

3. clone repo

   git clone https://github.com/aylur/astal.git
   cd astal/lib/tray

4. install

   meson setup build
   meson install -C build