---
name: "gtrayicon"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gtrayicon"
version: "1.1-1+b2"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gtrayicon"
---

# gtrayicon(1)

Generic tray icon for GNOME

## NAME

gtrayicon - Generic tray icon for GNOME

## DESCRIPTION

Generic tray icon for GNOME is a small utility which allows to add a icon to the system tray that can be used to trigger customized enable/disable actions.

## OPTIONS

- **--tooltip=string**

  string to appear as tooltip

- **--activate=cmd**

  activate command

- **--deactivate=cmd**

  deactivate command

- **--activate-icon=icon-path**

  icon to show for 'activate' action

- **--deactivate-icon=icon-path**

  icon to show for 'deactivate'

- **--menu-file=menu-path**

  custom menu to display for right button

- **--activated**

  start in 'activated' state (default: 'deactivated' state)

## EXAMPLE

Activate action: start webfs (web server) setting a pid file \
 Deactivate action: kill that webfs instance

- gtrayicon \\

    \--activate="/usr/bin/webfsd -k /tmp/pid.file -r /var/www" \\\
     \--deactivate="cat /tmp/pid.file \| xargs -ipid kill -TERM pid"

## MENU

For an example on how to write a menu file,see \
 /usr/share/doc/gtrayicon/examples/sample.menu

## SEE ALSO

Website: http://gtrayicon.sourceforge.net/

## AUTHOR

Gtrayicon was written by Javier Valencia (javiervalencia80 at gmail.com) This Man page was written by Taylor LeMasurier-Wren \<ripps818@gmail.com\>