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xfce4-indicator-plugin package

Long message when all indicators are hidden

  1. Impish (21.10)
  2. Bug #1760955
Bug #1760955 reported by joshas
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Xfce4 Indicator Plugin
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xfce4-indicator-plugin (Ubuntu)
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Focal
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Impish
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Bug Description

When I hide all indicators, a long message "No Indicators" appear on indicator plugin. By hiding indicators I expect to save space on panel, not to use even more of it.
I understand, that some thing must be shown, to interact with indicator in empty state. Could it be done in a more subtle way, e.g. narrow handle, like in "Window Buttons" plugin?

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In , Junaid Ahmed (hattingokbori87) wrote :

Created attachment 7720
Xfce Indicator Plugin settings 1. Rightmost envelope is from indicator plugin

I have added Mail Watcher(xfce4-mailwatch-plugin) plugin to the panel which sits there, scans for new mail every 10 minutes, shows notification on new mail arrival and launch my desired mail client (Though I've to admit setting it up properly requires a bit pre-acquired knowledge and effort, so not new-user friendly).
So, as I've already got this working mail notifier+launcher(xfce4-mailwatch-plugin) on my panel, I don't need another big confusing envelope icon from Mail Reader which is just a launcher for the default mail client.

The Mail Reader (exo-open --launch MailReader %u) is an integral part of the desktop environment and removing it also removes the whole desktop and the file manager. It shows it's icon using xfce4-indicator-plugin and there is an option to hide this(or any) icon in Indicator Plugin settings. But when I select the hide option and reboot, the Mail Reader icon disappears but a large space occupying, useless text "No indicator icon" appears on the panel. Which actually hampers the main usefulness of icon hiding feature. Please change this.

OS: Ubuntu 18.04
DE: Xfce 4.12(Xubuntu)
Related package: xfce4-indicator-plugin 2.3.4-0ubuntu1

Proposed fix: When user hides all icons from Indicator Plugin, no text should appear on it's place on the panel.

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In , Junaid Ahmed (hattingokbori87) wrote :

Created attachment 7721
Xfce Indicator Plugin settings 2

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In , Junaid Ahmed (hattingokbori87) wrote :

Created attachment 7722
Xfce Indicator Plugin settings 3

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in xfce4-indicator-plugin:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Confirmed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in xfce4-indicator-plugin (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Sean Davis (bluesabre) wrote :

This was removed in xfce4-indicator-plugin 2.4.1.

Changed in xfce4-indicator-plugin (Ubuntu Jammy):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri) has reached end of life, so this bug will not be fixed for that specific release.

Changed in xfce4-indicator-plugin (Ubuntu Impish):
status: New → Won't Fix
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