astal/docs/libraries/tray.md

Tray

Library for managing the systemtray by implementing the StatusNotifierItem protocol.

Installation

1. install dependencies

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sudo pacman -Syu meson gtk3 gobject-introspection libdbusmenu-gtk3

sudo dnf install meson gcc gtk3-devel libdbusmenu-gtk3 gobject-introspection-devel

sudo apt install meson libgtk-3-dev libdbusmenu-gtk3-dev gobject-introspection

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2. clone repo

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

3. install

meson setup build
meson install -C build

:::tip Most distros recommend manual installs in /usr/local, which is what meson defaults to. If you want to install to /usr instead which most package managers do, set the prefix option:

meson setup --prefix /usr build

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Usage

You can browse the Tray reference.

CLI

astal-tray --help

Library

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import Tray from "gi://AstalTray"

const tray = Tray.get_default()

console.log(tray.get_items().map(i => i.title))

# Not yet documented

-- Not yet documented

// Not yet documented

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