> > I'm kind of confused what's an applet and what's an item for the > > system tray since I was told on this list that applets work with the > > panel and not the system tray. This is consistent with the fact that > > /usr/libexec/battstat-applet-2 is an applet and will not work with the > > system tray only the panel, gnome-power-manager on the other hand > > works with the system tray. However nm-applet works with the system > > nm-applet is not an applet. Unfortunately the developers named it that > way.. That tray thing is the only exception. Thanks for the clarification. > > tray although it's called an applet. In addition when I launch gnome, > > mixer_applet2 shows up on the gnome system tray and not the panel > > which made me think that I should be able to use it with any > > freedesktop.org compliant system tray. > > > > So I'm sufficiently confused as to what to expect. Is there a way to > > get mixer_applet2 run with any tray? > > No, as it is an applet (unlike nm-applet). But then why do I see the little volume control icon belonging to mixer_applet2 right next to the nm-applet icon on the system tray on this screenshot? http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/images/wireless-at-tealuxe.png I'm assuming that the screenshot indeed shows the system tray and not the panel since nm-applet is on it. _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list