How do you hide non-applet applets from the panel (right side near notifications, clock, etc.)? For example, I've installed MEGASync and Diodon which both run at startup (which I want), but I don't need or want to see their icons on the panel. They don't show up in the 'applets' list, so the applets I've downloaded to try to hide them can't hide them as they can't be found as applets...
I tried various combinations of removing 'XApp Status Applet' and also 'System Tray', but none of that really seemed to work as I hoped. One combination (can't remember which) removed them, but it did something to MEGAsync which it doesn't seem to like, causing it to load in a window at startup (and it acts like it might shut it down if you close the window).
I'm assuming I'm missing some obvious way to simply hide them without actually altering how they run?
How to remove non-applet icons from panel?
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How to remove non-applet icons from panel?
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Re: How to remove non-applet icons from panel?
At least provide your desktop environment and Mint release, please.
At the top of the page--embedded in the pink forum rules--there is a blue link to:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=83444
Please scan through this-it's a quick read- notice especially #5.
Providing your inxi -Fxxxrz will get you more focused replies.
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Re: How to remove non-applet icons from panel?
Oh right, sorry, I meant to include I was on Cinnamon. Here's the full info:
System: Kernel: 5.11.20-051120-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.6 wm: muffin 5.0.2
dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine: Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <filter>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING B450M-PRO S v: Rev X.0x serial: <filter> BIOS: American Megatrends v: 3211
date: 08/10/2021
CPU: Topology: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3 L2 cache: 3072 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 88801
Speed: 2239 MHz min/max: 2200/3700 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2240 2: 2789 3: 2527 4: 2200 5: 2251
6: 2199 7: 2199 8: 2196 9: 2395 10: 2200 11: 2197 12: 2198
Graphics: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590] vendor: Tul
driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus ID: 07:00.0 chip ID: 1002:67df
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: amdgpu,ati unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa
resolution: 1920x1200~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Radeon RX 580 Series (POLARIS10 DRM 3.40.0 5.11.20-051120-generic LLVM 12.0.0) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.3
direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590] vendor: Tul driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 07:00.1 chip ID: 1002:aaf0
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 09:00.4 chip ID: 1022:1487
Device-3: Native Instruments Komplete Audio 1 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio bus ID: 3-1:2 chip ID: 17cc:1830
serial: <filter>
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.11.20-051120-generic
Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel port: f000 bus ID: 05:00.0
chip ID: 10ec:8125
IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 1.48 TiB used: 52.08 GiB (3.4%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000P5SSD8 size: 931.51 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter>
rev: P4CR324 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: SD8SN8U-128G-1006 size: 119.24 GiB serial: <filter> scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 size: 465.76 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
rev: 20WD scheme: MBR
Partition: ID-1: / size: 116.87 GiB used: 26.04 GiB (22.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 52.6 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 50 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 1175
Repos: No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/diodon-team-stable-focal.list
1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/diodon-team/stable/ubuntu focal main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/megasync.list
1: deb https://mega.nz/linux/MEGAsync/xUbuntu_20.04/ ./
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http://mirrors.advancedhosters.com/linuxmint/packages uma main upstream import backport
2: deb http://mirror.cc.vt.edu/pub2/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http://mirror.cc.vt.edu/pub2/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http://mirror.cc.vt.edu/pub2/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
Info: Processes: 308 Uptime: 2h 44m Memory: 15.60 GiB used: 3.74 GiB (24.0%) Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers:
gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38
System: Kernel: 5.11.20-051120-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.6 wm: muffin 5.0.2
dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine: Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <filter>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING B450M-PRO S v: Rev X.0x serial: <filter> BIOS: American Megatrends v: 3211
date: 08/10/2021
CPU: Topology: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3 L2 cache: 3072 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 88801
Speed: 2239 MHz min/max: 2200/3700 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2240 2: 2789 3: 2527 4: 2200 5: 2251
6: 2199 7: 2199 8: 2196 9: 2395 10: 2200 11: 2197 12: 2198
Graphics: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590] vendor: Tul
driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus ID: 07:00.0 chip ID: 1002:67df
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: amdgpu,ati unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa
resolution: 1920x1200~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Radeon RX 580 Series (POLARIS10 DRM 3.40.0 5.11.20-051120-generic LLVM 12.0.0) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.3
direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590] vendor: Tul driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 07:00.1 chip ID: 1002:aaf0
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 09:00.4 chip ID: 1022:1487
Device-3: Native Instruments Komplete Audio 1 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio bus ID: 3-1:2 chip ID: 17cc:1830
serial: <filter>
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.11.20-051120-generic
Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel port: f000 bus ID: 05:00.0
chip ID: 10ec:8125
IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 1.48 TiB used: 52.08 GiB (3.4%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000P5SSD8 size: 931.51 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter>
rev: P4CR324 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: SD8SN8U-128G-1006 size: 119.24 GiB serial: <filter> scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 size: 465.76 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
rev: 20WD scheme: MBR
Partition: ID-1: / size: 116.87 GiB used: 26.04 GiB (22.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 52.6 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 50 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 1175
Repos: No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/diodon-team-stable-focal.list
1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/diodon-team/stable/ubuntu focal main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/megasync.list
1: deb https://mega.nz/linux/MEGAsync/xUbuntu_20.04/ ./
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http://mirrors.advancedhosters.com/linuxmint/packages uma main upstream import backport
2: deb http://mirror.cc.vt.edu/pub2/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http://mirror.cc.vt.edu/pub2/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http://mirror.cc.vt.edu/pub2/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
Info: Processes: 308 Uptime: 2h 44m Memory: 15.60 GiB used: 3.74 GiB (24.0%) Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers:
gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38
Re: How to remove non-applet icons from panel?
fwiw--that's a nice system you have there
You are asking on the right channel though--
This forum is absolutely loaded with Cinnamon users
You are asking on the right channel though--
This forum is absolutely loaded with Cinnamon users
Everything in life was difficult before it became easy.
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NathanShirley
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Re: How to remove non-applet icons from panel?
It's a new system I put together for audio/video production--an upgrade from my old Intel system. I'm dual booting with Windows 11 (on a separate physical drive) for the Windows software I can't do without, but would like to eventually transition to Linux completely.
Re: How to remove non-applet icons from panel?
NathanShirley wrote: ⤴Mon Oct 25, 2021 11:24 pm It's a new system I put together for audio/video production--an upgrade from my old Intel system. I'm dual booting with Windows 11 (on a separate physical drive) for the Windows software I can't do without, but would like to eventually transition to Linux completely.
Hope you canCheers
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Re: How to remove non-applet icons from panel?
The only way to disable a tray icon for a non-applet is through the settings of that application itself. For example I can do that for quite a few of my applications: Chatty (a chat client), Streamlink GUI (a streaming program), Deluge (torrent), Deadbeef (audio player), Psensor (CPU temperature app) all give me the option to enable/disable their system tray icon.
If that application doesn't give you an option to turn off system tray icon, then there is nothing Mint can do about it. Unfortunately when it comes to the system tray, a lot of apps on Linux are really lacking options compared to Windows. The only way to improve it is to demand the feature from the developers.
If that application doesn't give you an option to turn off system tray icon, then there is nothing Mint can do about it. Unfortunately when it comes to the system tray, a lot of apps on Linux are really lacking options compared to Windows. The only way to improve it is to demand the feature from the developers.
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NathanShirley
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Re: How to remove non-applet icons from panel?
Thanks for the information.
I just found a decent workaround using another applet: 'Hideable applets'
It took some experimentation, but enabling the 'Xapp Status Applet' and then hiding it using 'Hideable applets' worked. That seems to hide all non-applets, including the 'Update Manager', which is fine for me. It has some odd side effects, like causing the 'Printers' and 'Removable drives' icons to show even when they're not in use (and configured to only show when in use). But hiding them with 'Hideable applets' seems to work, allowing them to show only when in use. 'Hideable' has some curious default settings, but can be configured nicely.
I just found a decent workaround using another applet: 'Hideable applets'
It took some experimentation, but enabling the 'Xapp Status Applet' and then hiding it using 'Hideable applets' worked. That seems to hide all non-applets, including the 'Update Manager', which is fine for me. It has some odd side effects, like causing the 'Printers' and 'Removable drives' icons to show even when they're not in use (and configured to only show when in use). But hiding them with 'Hideable applets' seems to work, allowing them to show only when in use. 'Hideable' has some curious default settings, but can be configured nicely.