WayfireWM / WayfireWM/wf-shell

Tray not pulling game icons.

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Description

Currently it's not pulling the tray icon of games that generate one, this one works on plasma but not on any other system tray in the linux space.

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0.11.0-4ffa601d (May 11 2026) branch master wlroots-0.20.0

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the tray behavior on Plasma and on another Linux system tray using the reported 0.11.0 build and wlroots 0.20.0 context. Trace the tray icon handling from the relevant entry point; done means games that provide a tray icon display it outside Plasma as well.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp, linux
Domain
desktop, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
50/100

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