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run_the_race
Helpful | Level 5
8 months ago

Dropbox says my environment doesn't support tray icon, by it does

In the following image you can see the dropbox system tray icon top right, with the error message below it. I am using the `i3wm` on Ubuntu with `i3status` to show the icons. To me this is a bug in t...
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run_the_race's avatar
run_the_race
Helpful | Level 5
8 months ago

That link just gives one a link to download `install.html` which does nothing when I open it.

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Neal
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8 months ago

Hi run_the_race​,

I've investigated this issue personally with our Linux team and they've advised that the problem is that i3 does not support appindicator tray icons: https://github.com/i3/i3/issues/2088.

Unless you're willing to switch from i3 to sway+waybar (not swaybar), which does support appindicator (screenshot attached), you'll be out of luck. Note sway is a more modern "drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager".

 

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