[GH-ISSUE #613] Tray has weird click behaviour

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2026-05-22 23:53:13 +01:00

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Originally created by @ToxicMushroom on GitHub (May 31, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/JakeStanger/ironbar/issues/613

Describe the bug
Double clicking on tray icons does not close the tray popup again.
Triple clicking does but only if enough time passed.
Quadrupple clicking seems to always close it again x), or I'm too slow.

The other modules don't show this behavior and their popups go away on the second click as expected. (e.g. sound, time/calendar, notifications)

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Have tray module
Have something in the tray
Click fast twice on tray icon
Menu didn't close again

Expected behavior
Menu closes on second click.

System information:

Distro: arch
Compositor: sway 1.9
Ironbar version: ironbar 0.16.0-pre

Configuration

Config

anchor_to_edges = true
height = 42
position = "top"
icon_theme = "Papirus-Dark"

[[start]]
type = "workspaces"
all_monitors = false
on_scroll_up = "swaymsg workspace prev_on_output"
on_scroll_down = "swaymsg workspace next_on_output"

[[end]]
type = "music"
player_type = "mpd"
music_dir = "/home/merlijn/Music"

#[end.truncate]
#mode = "end"
#max_length = 100

[[end]]
type = "music"
player_type = "mpd"
truncate = "end"


[[end]]
type = "sys_info"
format = [
    "  {cpu_percent}% | {temp_c:k10temp-Tccd1}°C",
    "  {memory_used} / {memory_total} GB ({memory_percent}%)",
    "󰋊 {disk_used:/} / {disk_total:/} GB ({disk_percent:/}%)",
    "󰓢 {net_down:enp5s0} / {net_up:enp5s0} Mbps",
]

[end.interval]
memory = 30
cpu = 1
temps = 5
disks = 300
networks = 3

[[end]]
type = "volume"
format = "{icon} {percentage}%"
max_volume = 100

[end.icons]
volume_high = "󰕾"
volume_medium = "󰖀"
volume_low = "󰕿"
muted = "󰝟"

[end.truncate]
mode = "end"
length = 50


[[end]]
type = "clock"

[[end]]
type = "tray"
direction = "left_to_right"

[[end]]
type = "notifications"
show_count = true

[end.icons]
closed_none = "󰍥"
closed_some = "󱥂"
closed_dnd = "󱅯"
open_none = "󰍡"
open_some = "󱥁"
open_dnd = "󱅮"

Styles

@define-color color_bg alpha(#2d2d2d, 0.7);
@define-color color_bg_dark alpha(#1c1c1c, 0.7);
@define-color color_border alpha(#424242, 0.7);
@define-color color_border_active alpha(#6699cc, 0.7);
@define-color color_text #ffffff;
@define-color color_urgent #8f0a0a;

/* -- base styles -- */

* {
    font-family: CaskaydiaCove Nerd Font, sans-serif;
    font-size: 16px;
    text-shadow: none;
    border: none;
    border-radius: 0;
    opacity: 1.0;
}

.background {
    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
}

button, label {
    box-shadow: none;
    background: none;
    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
    color: @color_text;
}

button:hover {
    background-color: @color_bg_dark;
}

scale trough {
    min-width: 1px;
    min-height: 2px;
}

#bar {
    border-top: 1px solid @color_border;
    background-color: @color_bg;
    background-image: none;
    box-shadow: none;
}

.popup {
    border: 1px solid @color_border;
    padding: 1em;
}


/* -- clipboard -- */

.clipboard {
    margin-left: 5px;
    font-size: 1.1em;
}

.popup-clipboard .item {
    padding-bottom: 0.3em;
    border-bottom: 1px solid @color_border;
}

.popup-clipboard {
    background-color: @color_bg;
}


/* -- clock -- */

.clock {
    font-weight: bold;
    margin-left: 5px;
}

.popup-clock .calendar-clock {
    color: @color_text;
    font-size: 2.5em;
    padding-bottom: 0.1em;
}

.popup-clock {
    background-color: @color_bg;
    color: @color_text;
}

.popup-clock .calendar .header {
    padding-top: 1em;
    border-top: 1px solid @color_border;
    font-size: 1.5em;
}

.popup-clock .calendar:selected {
    background-color: @color_border_active;
}

/* notifications */

.notifications .count {
    font-size: 0.6rem;
    background-color: @color_text;
    color: @color_bg;
    border-radius: 100%;
    margin-right: 3px;
    margin-top: 3px;
    padding-left: 4px;
    padding-right: 4px;
    opacity: 0.7;
}

/* -- script -- */

.script {
    padding-left: 10px;
}


/* -- sys_info -- */

.sysinfo {
    margin-left: 10px;
}

.sysinfo .item {
    margin-left: 5px;
}


/* -- tray -- */

.tray {
    background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0);
    margin-left: 10px;
}
.tray menu {
    background-color: rgba(0,0,0, 0.7);
    padding: 8px 0;
}
/* Overrides the label text just for the tray */
.tray label {
    /* color: black; */
}

/* -- volume -- */

.popup-volume .device-box {
    border-right: 1px solid @color_border;
}

.popup-volume {
    background-color: @color_bg;
}

/* -- power -- */

.popup-upower {
    background-color: @color_bg;
}

/* -- workspaces -- */

.workspaces .item.focused {
    box-shadow: inset 0 -3px;
    background-color: @color_bg_dark;
}

.workspaces .item:hover {
    box-shadow: inset 0 -3px;
}

Originally created by @ToxicMushroom on GitHub (May 31, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/JakeStanger/ironbar/issues/613 **Describe the bug** Double clicking on tray icons does not close the tray popup again. Triple clicking does but only if enough time passed. Quadrupple clicking seems to always close it again x), or I'm too slow. The other modules don't show this behavior and their popups go away on the second click as expected. (e.g. sound, time/calendar, notifications) **To Reproduce** Steps to reproduce the behavior: 1. Have tray module 2. Have something in the tray 3. Click fast twice on tray icon 4. Menu didn't close again **Expected behavior** Menu closes on second click. **System information:** - Distro: arch - Compositor: sway 1.9 - Ironbar version: ironbar 0.16.0-pre **Configuration** <details><summary>Config</summary> ``` anchor_to_edges = true height = 42 position = "top" icon_theme = "Papirus-Dark" [[start]] type = "workspaces" all_monitors = false on_scroll_up = "swaymsg workspace prev_on_output" on_scroll_down = "swaymsg workspace next_on_output" [[end]] type = "music" player_type = "mpd" music_dir = "/home/merlijn/Music" #[end.truncate] #mode = "end" #max_length = 100 [[end]] type = "music" player_type = "mpd" truncate = "end" [[end]] type = "sys_info" format = [ " {cpu_percent}% | {temp_c:k10temp-Tccd1}°C", " {memory_used} / {memory_total} GB ({memory_percent}%)", "󰋊 {disk_used:/} / {disk_total:/} GB ({disk_percent:/}%)", "󰓢 {net_down:enp5s0} / {net_up:enp5s0} Mbps", ] [end.interval] memory = 30 cpu = 1 temps = 5 disks = 300 networks = 3 [[end]] type = "volume" format = "{icon} {percentage}%" max_volume = 100 [end.icons] volume_high = "󰕾" volume_medium = "󰖀" volume_low = "󰕿" muted = "󰝟" [end.truncate] mode = "end" length = 50 [[end]] type = "clock" [[end]] type = "tray" direction = "left_to_right" [[end]] type = "notifications" show_count = true [end.icons] closed_none = "󰍥" closed_some = "󱥂" closed_dnd = "󱅯" open_none = "󰍡" open_some = "󱥁" open_dnd = "󱅮" ``` </details> <details><summary>Styles</summary> ```css @define-color color_bg alpha(#2d2d2d, 0.7); @define-color color_bg_dark alpha(#1c1c1c, 0.7); @define-color color_border alpha(#424242, 0.7); @define-color color_border_active alpha(#6699cc, 0.7); @define-color color_text #ffffff; @define-color color_urgent #8f0a0a; /* -- base styles -- */ * { font-family: CaskaydiaCove Nerd Font, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-shadow: none; border: none; border-radius: 0; opacity: 1.0; } .background { background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); } button, label { box-shadow: none; background: none; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: @color_text; } button:hover { background-color: @color_bg_dark; } scale trough { min-width: 1px; min-height: 2px; } #bar { border-top: 1px solid @color_border; background-color: @color_bg; background-image: none; box-shadow: none; } .popup { border: 1px solid @color_border; padding: 1em; } /* -- clipboard -- */ .clipboard { margin-left: 5px; font-size: 1.1em; } .popup-clipboard .item { padding-bottom: 0.3em; border-bottom: 1px solid @color_border; } .popup-clipboard { background-color: @color_bg; } /* -- clock -- */ .clock { font-weight: bold; margin-left: 5px; } .popup-clock .calendar-clock { color: @color_text; font-size: 2.5em; padding-bottom: 0.1em; } .popup-clock { background-color: @color_bg; color: @color_text; } .popup-clock .calendar .header { padding-top: 1em; border-top: 1px solid @color_border; font-size: 1.5em; } .popup-clock .calendar:selected { background-color: @color_border_active; } /* notifications */ .notifications .count { font-size: 0.6rem; background-color: @color_text; color: @color_bg; border-radius: 100%; margin-right: 3px; margin-top: 3px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; opacity: 0.7; } /* -- script -- */ .script { padding-left: 10px; } /* -- sys_info -- */ .sysinfo { margin-left: 10px; } .sysinfo .item { margin-left: 5px; } /* -- tray -- */ .tray { background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0); margin-left: 10px; } .tray menu { background-color: rgba(0,0,0, 0.7); padding: 8px 0; } /* Overrides the label text just for the tray */ .tray label { /* color: black; */ } /* -- volume -- */ .popup-volume .device-box { border-right: 1px solid @color_border; } .popup-volume { background-color: @color_bg; } /* -- power -- */ .popup-upower { background-color: @color_bg; } /* -- workspaces -- */ .workspaces .item.focused { box-shadow: inset 0 -3px; background-color: @color_bg_dark; } .workspaces .item:hover { box-shadow: inset 0 -3px; } ``` </details>

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JakeStanger commented

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@JakeStanger commented on GitHub (May 31, 2024):

This behaviour should be down to GTK, as the tray uses actual menu widgets instead of a separate window like the other popups. I'll see if I can work around the strange behaviour though

@JakeStanger commented on GitHub (May 31, 2024): This behaviour should be down to GTK, as the tray uses actual menu widgets instead of a separate window like the other popups. I'll see if I can work around the strange behaviour though

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@JakeStanger commented on GitHub (Jun 28, 2024):

Finally getting round to clearing through the backlog. I'm not actually able to replicate this one, although I'm also not sure I can do anything about it from googling (I give GTK a sub-menu for the menu widget, it does the rest).

Are you able to demo the issue at all?

@JakeStanger commented on GitHub (Jun 28, 2024): Finally getting round to clearing through the backlog. I'm not actually able to replicate this one, although I'm also not sure I can do anything about it from googling (I give GTK a sub-menu for the menu widget, it does the rest). Are you able to demo the issue at all?

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@rein1410 commented on GitHub (Jul 27, 2024):

What I also notice that clicking on one of the tray menu options with two different mouse buttons won't do anyting

Example:
I have Brave on the tray
I right click the Brave icon and the menu opens
I left click on 'About Brave' and it won't do anything

What works is:
I right click the Brave icon and the menu opens
I right click on 'About Brave' and it opens the about page

@rein1410 commented on GitHub (Jul 27, 2024): What I also notice that clicking on one of the tray menu options with two different mouse buttons won't do anyting Example: I have Brave on the tray I right click the Brave icon and the menu opens I left click on 'About Brave' and it won't do anything What works is: I right click the Brave icon and the menu opens I right click on 'About Brave' and it opens the about page

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@ToxicMushroom commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2024):

Finally getting round to clearing through the backlog. I'm not actually able to replicate this one, although I'm also not sure I can do anything about it from googling (I give GTK a sub-menu for the menu widget, it does the rest).

Are you able to demo the issue at all?

I'd happily demo it if I was able to install again
cargo install ironbar

error[E0432]: unresolved import `nix::fcntl::OFlag`
 --> /home/merlijn/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/ironbar-0.15.1/src/clients/wayland/wlr_data_control/offer.rs:3:5
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3 | use nix::fcntl::OFlag;
  |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ no `OFlag` in `fcntl`

error[E0432]: unresolved import `nix::unistd::pipe2`
    --> /home/merlijn/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/ironbar-0.15.1/src/clients/wayland/wlr_data_control/offer.rs:4:26
     |
4    | use nix::unistd::{close, pipe2};
     |                          ^^^^^
     |                          |
     |                          no `pipe2` in `unistd`
     |                          help: a similar name exists in the module: `pipe`
     |
note: found an item that was configured out
    --> /home/merlijn/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/nix-0.27.1/src/unistd.rs:1233:8
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1233 | pub fn pipe2(flags: OFlag) -> Result<(RawFd, RawFd)> {
     |        ^^^^^
     = note: the item is gated behind the `fs` feature

error[E0432]: unresolved imports `nix::fcntl::fcntl`, `nix::fcntl::F_GETPIPE_SZ`, `nix::fcntl::F_SETPIPE_SZ`
   --> /home/merlijn/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/ironbar-0.15.1/src/clients/wayland/wlr_data_control/mod.rs:13:18
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13  | use nix::fcntl::{fcntl, F_GETPIPE_SZ, F_SETPIPE_SZ};
    |                  ^^^^^  ^^^^^^^^^^^^  ^^^^^^^^^^^^ no `F_SETPIPE_SZ` in `fcntl`
    |                  |      |
    |                  |      no `F_GETPIPE_SZ` in `fcntl`
    |                  no `fcntl` in `fcntl`
    |
    = help: consider importing this module instead:
            nix::fcntl
note: found an item that was configured out
   --> /home/merlijn/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/nix-0.27.1/src/fcntl.rs:509:8
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509 | pub fn fcntl(fd: RawFd, arg: FcntlArg) -> Result<c_int> {
    |        ^^^^^
    = note: the item is gated behind the `fs` feature

error[E0308]: mismatched types
   --> /home/merlijn/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/ironbar-0.15.1/src/clients/compositor/hyprland.rs:156:51
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156 |                     let name = get_workspace_name(workspace_type);
    |                                ------------------ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ expected `WorkspaceType`, found `WorkspaceDestroyedEventData`
    |                                |
    |                                arguments to this function are incorrect
    |
note: function defined here
   --> /home/merlijn/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/ironbar-0.15.1/src/clients/compositor/hyprland.rs:247:4
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247 | fn get_workspace_name(name: WorkspaceType) -> String {
    |    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -------------------

Some errors have detailed explanations: E0308, E0432.
For more information about an error, try `rustc --explain E0308`.
error: could not compile `ironbar` (bin "ironbar") due to 4 previous errors
error: failed to compile `ironbar v0.15.1`, intermediate artifacts can be found at `/tmp/cargo-installQywNGM`.
To reuse those artifacts with a future compilation, set the environment variable `CARGO_TARGET_DIR` to that path.
cargo install ironbar  523.98s user 37.21s system 994% cpu 56.444 total

@ToxicMushroom commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2024): > Finally getting round to clearing through the backlog. I'm not actually able to replicate this one, although I'm also not sure I can do anything about it from googling (I give GTK a sub-menu for the menu widget, it does the rest). > > Are you able to demo the issue at all? I'd happily demo it if I was able to install again `cargo install ironbar` ``` error[E0432]: unresolved import `nix::fcntl::OFlag` --> /home/merlijn/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/ironbar-0.15.1/src/clients/wayland/wlr_data_control/offer.rs:3:5 | 3 | use nix::fcntl::OFlag; | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ no `OFlag` in `fcntl` error[E0432]: unresolved import `nix::unistd::pipe2` --> /home/merlijn/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/ironbar-0.15.1/src/clients/wayland/wlr_data_control/offer.rs:4:26 | 4 | use nix::unistd::{close, pipe2}; | ^^^^^ | | | no `pipe2` in `unistd` | help: a similar name exists in the module: `pipe` | note: found an item that was configured out --> /home/merlijn/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/nix-0.27.1/src/unistd.rs:1233:8 | 1233 | pub fn pipe2(flags: OFlag) -> Result<(RawFd, RawFd)> { | ^^^^^ = note: the item is gated behind the `fs` feature error[E0432]: unresolved imports `nix::fcntl::fcntl`, `nix::fcntl::F_GETPIPE_SZ`, `nix::fcntl::F_SETPIPE_SZ` --> /home/merlijn/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/ironbar-0.15.1/src/clients/wayland/wlr_data_control/mod.rs:13:18 | 13 | use nix::fcntl::{fcntl, F_GETPIPE_SZ, F_SETPIPE_SZ}; | ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ no `F_SETPIPE_SZ` in `fcntl` | | | | | no `F_GETPIPE_SZ` in `fcntl` | no `fcntl` in `fcntl` | = help: consider importing this module instead: nix::fcntl note: found an item that was configured out --> /home/merlijn/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/nix-0.27.1/src/fcntl.rs:509:8 | 509 | pub fn fcntl(fd: RawFd, arg: FcntlArg) -> Result<c_int> { | ^^^^^ = note: the item is gated behind the `fs` feature error[E0308]: mismatched types --> /home/merlijn/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/ironbar-0.15.1/src/clients/compositor/hyprland.rs:156:51 | 156 | let name = get_workspace_name(workspace_type); | ------------------ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ expected `WorkspaceType`, found `WorkspaceDestroyedEventData` | | | arguments to this function are incorrect | note: function defined here --> /home/merlijn/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/ironbar-0.15.1/src/clients/compositor/hyprland.rs:247:4 | 247 | fn get_workspace_name(name: WorkspaceType) -> String { | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ------------------- Some errors have detailed explanations: E0308, E0432. For more information about an error, try `rustc --explain E0308`. error: could not compile `ironbar` (bin "ironbar") due to 4 previous errors error: failed to compile `ironbar v0.15.1`, intermediate artifacts can be found at `/tmp/cargo-installQywNGM`. To reuse those artifacts with a future compilation, set the environment variable `CARGO_TARGET_DIR` to that path. cargo install ironbar 523.98s user 37.21s system 994% cpu 56.444 total ```

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@ToxicMushroom commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2024):

After messing around with the my toolchain and doing cargo build on the latest commit it built so I'll try in a bit

@ToxicMushroom commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2024): After messing around with the my toolchain and doing cargo build on the latest commit it built so I'll try in a bit

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@ToxicMushroom commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2024):

Can't reproduce on hyprland, On hyprland after closing a built in module however the bar goes out of focus.. so you can click the bar again until you move 1px, really weird

@ToxicMushroom commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2024): Can't reproduce on hyprland, On hyprland after closing a built in module however the bar goes out of focus.. so you can click the bar again until you move 1px, really weird

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@ToxicMushroom commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2024):

I'm clicking on both items as fast as I can, works perfectly on the calendar module
sway:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8d3a93df-3ff0-4753-90be-4a46b0bdf29b

@ToxicMushroom commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2024): I'm clicking on both items as fast as I can, works perfectly on the calendar module sway: https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8d3a93df-3ff0-4753-90be-4a46b0bdf29b

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@ToxicMushroom commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2024):

And hyprland as I previously mentioned has perfect tray clicking, but the bar becomes unfocused
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6b3f7236-b6d8-4d03-9767-c8e1e44f6dc2

@ToxicMushroom commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2024): And hyprland as I previously mentioned has perfect tray clicking, but the bar becomes unfocused https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6b3f7236-b6d8-4d03-9767-c8e1e44f6dc2

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@JakeStanger commented on GitHub (Nov 7, 2024):

I can confirm I can replicate this, works as intended on Hyprland but not on Sway. Annoyingly on Waybar (via libdbusmenu I think?) it works properly on both so this is something I'll need to fix.

I can see what's happening - the popup menu is stealing focus, so you have to click back on Ironbar to regain its focus. I've no idea how to tackle that yet though.

@JakeStanger commented on GitHub (Nov 7, 2024): I can confirm I can replicate this, works as intended on Hyprland but not on Sway. Annoyingly on Waybar (via `libdbusmenu` I think?) it works properly on both so this is something I'll need to fix. I can see what's happening - the popup menu is stealing focus, so you have to click back on Ironbar to regain its focus. I've no idea how to tackle that yet though.

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@JakeStanger commented on GitHub (Nov 16, 2024):

I'd be interested to know with #779 implemented whether this still occurs, as I've just switched to libdbusmenu-gtk3.

@JakeStanger commented on GitHub (Nov 16, 2024): I'd be interested to know with #779 implemented whether this still occurs, as I've just switched to `libdbusmenu-gtk3`.

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@ToxicMushroom commented on GitHub (Nov 16, 2024):

Still occurs yes

@ToxicMushroom commented on GitHub (Nov 16, 2024): Still occurs yes

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@JakeStanger commented on GitHub (Nov 16, 2024):

Got it.

Ended up pretty much translating Waybar but seems the intended GTK menu widgets cause this, whereas bodging it with a generic EventBox sorts it. Weird.

@JakeStanger commented on GitHub (Nov 16, 2024): Got it. Ended up pretty much translating Waybar but seems the intended GTK menu widgets cause this, whereas bodging it with a generic `EventBox` sorts it. Weird.

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