JDK-8341144 : Java AWT TrayIcon uses the old xembed while most Linux distros switched to SNI
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: client-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.awt
  • Affected Version: 17,21,23,24
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Open
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • OS: linux
  • CPU: x86_64
  • Submitted: 2024-09-28
  • Updated: 2024-10-28
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Duplicate :  
JDK-8342009 - Tray Icon does not work on the latest Ubuntu 24.10 and KDE 6.6 in general
Description
ADDITIONAL SYSTEM INFORMATION :
Arch Linux

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Newer Linux distributions switched to SNI for the management of the tray icon while Java (AWT) still uses xembed.

Will Java TrayIcon be updated to support the newer SNI standard?
Comments
Additional Information from submitter: ================================== To support the new tray icons in Linux distributions that no longer support xembed, you can use the StatusNotifier protocol (also known as AppIndicators). This protocol has been adopted by desktop environments like KDE Plasma and Ubuntu Unity. The StatusNotifier protocol offers better integration and works on both X11 and Wayland, making it a versatile choice for modern tray icons. xembed is long unsupported and distros that supports it are using legacy tools like xembed-sni-proxy that "converts" xembed icons to SNI protocol / statusnotifier
14-10-2024
I don't know off hand how comparable SNI is or it is what it implies but it seems to be at least a GTK dependency ?
29-09-2024
Moved to JDK for more discussions.
29-09-2024