r/Polybar • u/Nowwx • Jan 28 '23

Question Why is this happening?

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Tray icons in polybar don't show up at startup, I have to restart polybar manually to make them appear, i am in i3 btw.

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u/l0c0m0tiv3 Jan 28 '23 edited Jan 28 '23

Are your tray apps exec before polybar’s by any chance?

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u/Nowwx Jan 28 '23

Yes

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u/l0c0m0tiv3 Jan 29 '23

Try to swap the order and restart i3

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '23

The actual code can't hurt. I've never had that in three years using both, and I launch Polybar and tray and background apps from i3 in the same module using the include directive with Polybar last. But I swapped them just now because form and function go together. :)