Ubuntu – How to find Application Indicator ID’s

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I want to change the display order of several apps in the top panel of Ubuntu 11.10 (logging into Unity 3D) but I am amazed that there appears to be no easy way to do this. However, I have read that the following file controls the display order:

/usr/share/indicator-application/ordering-override.keyfile

Further details here: http://www.webupd8.org/2011/06/how-to-change-application-indicators.html

At present I have the following top-panel apps installed:

  • Radio Tray
  • My-Weather-Indicator
  • Choqok (a Twitter client)
  • System monitor Indicator
  • Classicmenu Indicator

In order to carry out the steps in the above link I need to know the correct Application Indicator ID for each of the above apps. How can I find these?

Best Answer

As far as I can tell, the IDs should just be the commands used to launch the applications. Another possible way to figure it out would be to use dconf-editor and go to desktop -> unity -> panel and look at the list in systray-whitelist. That's assuming you have whitelisted everything with the ['all'].

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