on hide/show and minimise on startup

[fossfreedom]

On Google-Code a budding author looks to have taken a similar thought pattern and created a tray-icon based controller

• https://code.google.com/p/rhythmtray/

Some of the ideas - on hide/show on startup and minimise/show on click of the icon look like excellent options. Would you consider merging those ideas in your version of the tray-controller?

[mendhak]

Hi fossfreedom, currently if you click the icon it should hide/show Rhythmbox. At least in the latest version anyway, does it not work for you?

I can try the hide-on-startup, I suppose it would be a gsettings schema (which would change how the plugin is installed) and maybe this becomes another custom widget like the stars. I have no idea how I'm going to do any of this in Ubuntu 13.04 when the whitelist is retired 😁

[fossfreedom]

oh dear - yes I forgot about the 13.04 debacle - that's going to upset a whole lot of people :(

Yes - sorry - click hide/show does work.

I presume an app-indicator is now required. That is a pain.

[fossfreedom]

maybe this Q&A on Ask Ubuntu will help?

• http://askubuntu.com/questions/42211/is-there-any-tutorial-for-programming-unity-indicators/48509#48509

[mendhak]

I'll go over those links, thanks. I think the issue will be around my custom GTK MenuItem (the stars with hover).