[Bug]: Menubar icon is shown as ellipsis (…) on Ubuntu

[DanielSWolf]

Version

• I'm using version 1.19.0

Known issues

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Existing issues

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What operating system are you using?

Linux

Operating System Version

Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS

Reproduction steps

1. Start Stretchly

Reproduces how often: 100%

Expected Behavior

The menubar icon (tray icon) shows the Stretchly logo

Actual Behavior

The menubar icon shows an ellipsis.

This screenshot was taken with Stretchly 1.18.1, where it still works:

This is the same screen region with Stretchly 1.19.0:

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[hovancik]

Does any of this help? From similar issue for Mullvad VPN electron app: https://github.com/mullvad/mullvadvpn-app/pull/9439/changes

[DanielSWolf]

I'm not sure. The thing is that it works in Stretchly 1.18.1 and doesn't in 1.19.0. If I revert to 1.18.1, it works again. So it's definitely something that changed in Stretchly itself (maybe due to a dependency).

The weird thing is that if I check out the v1.19.0 tag and run npm i and npm run start, the icon works fine. So it must be some difference between my local build and the published Snap package.

[hovancik]

Must be something with electron-builder, then, looks like.

[hovancik]

I plan to release new version soon with latest builder, let's see how it is then

[hovancik]

@DanielSWolf can you check with the latest version?

[DanielSWolf]

@DanielSWolf can you check with the latest version?

I'm currently on holiday, but I'll check it once I'm back.

[DanielSWolf]

The problem still persists with v1.20.0.

[hovancik]

@DanielSWolf I have found these instructions, can you try?

GNOME

If you're using GNOME, you might have to install additional GNOME shell extensions to display the tray icon properly.

GNOME 47 and newer

If you do not see the tray icon, try installing the Status Icons GNOME Shell extension.
It can be installed via GNOME's extension website: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/7332/status-icons/

GNOME 46 and older

For older versions of GNOME the Status Icons extension is unavailable. For those systems we recommend
AppIndicator and KStatusNotifierItem Support instead.
It can be installed via GNOME's extension website: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/615/appindicator-support/