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Fix tray icon not displayed with GTK-based pystray backends on Linux #1097

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Expand Up @@ -190,6 +190,12 @@ def on_win32_wm_event(hWnd, msg, wParam, lParam):
# For platforms != macOS, display the tray icon now with non-blocking function
if platform.system() != "Darwin":
tray_icon.run_detached()
# GTK-based backends (Linux) only schedule the icon on the GLib main loop: it must be running for the
# icon to appear and respond to clicks
if tray_icon.__module__ in ("pystray._appindicator", "pystray._gtk"):
import threading
from gi.repository import GLib
threading.Thread(target=GLib.MainLoop().run, daemon=True).start()
logger.info("Tray icon has been displayed")
except:
tray_icon = None
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