I have found out how to get the "about-to-show" signal from an application indicator. I'm not sure which version of Ubuntu that this became available in (I'm using trusty), but I think we can call this fixed.
I didn't do this in C originally, so sorry if this sample is not quite right. AppIndicator *indicator; GtkMenu *menu; DbusmenuServer *menuServer; DbusmenuMenuitem *rootMenuItem; indicator = app_indicator_new(0, "sample", APP_INDICATOR_CATEGORY_APPLICATION_STATUS); menu = gtk_menu_new(); // must set menu before getting dbus-menu-server property app_indicator_set_menu(indicator, menu); g_object_get(indicator, "dbus-menu-server", &menuServer, NULL); g_object_get(menuServer, "root-node", &rootMenuItem, NULL); g_signal_connect(rootMenuItem, "about-to-show", G_CALLBACK(sample_cb), NULL); -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to libappindicator in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/522152 Title: indicator-application does not send signals when a menu is shown/hidden Status in GTK RandR interface.: New Status in Libappindicator: Confirmed Status in Screenlets — a framework for desktop widgets: Fix Released Status in “libappindicator” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: indicator-application For the xrandr plugin in gnome-settings-daemon we would need signals when the menu is shown/hidden, so that we can display the display labels when the menu is shown. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/grandrock/+bug/522152/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
