JDK-8325914 : SystemTray: get Gnome Shell version property via the DBUS API
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: client-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.awt
  • Affected Version: 22,23
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Open
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • OS: linux
  • Submitted: 2024-02-15
  • Updated: 2024-02-26
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Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-8322750 - Test "api/java_awt/interactive/SystemTrayTests.html" failed because A blue ball icon is added outside of the system tray
Description
JDK-8322750 gets Gnome Shell version with ProccessBuilder.
There is a much cleaner way using the DBUS API.

https://bugs.openjdk.org/secure/attachment/108275/SystemTrayTests.patch


We can also move the check out of XSystemTrayPeer to XToolkit.createTrayIcon(return null peer if not supported)

Also, we should recheck the Gnome shell version range again which is used to disable SystemTray support.
We should also exclude this check on Wayland, as it is not affected by this bug.