Continues to run in background on platform without tray support about tdesktop

[ilya-fedin]

Do what is suggested in #27190 (comment) (the gsettings command)

[Aokromes]

for linux:
Set sane man's titlebar settings and it won't stay in background
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout ':minimize,maximize,close'

[ilya-fedin]

Why should it be running?

Other people have said it's the right behavior for GNOME so it's made like that. You have to accept that.

[EdJoPaTo]

does this mean "wont fix" or "no official support for non gnome and other desktops without tray support"?

[ilya-fedin]

@EdJoPaTo this means you have to set up your system

[EdJoPaTo]

Sadly I prefer a native Gnome system.

[ilya-fedin]

@EdJoPaTo well, other users of GNOME systems have convinced that the native behavior is to continue to run in background like done on macOS as you can still quit application by right clicking application icon and choosing quit.

[ilya-fedin]

And, well, such behavior feels the sanest if the system doesn't allow applications to minimize and doesn't have tray icons. I.e. there's just no other way to run in background. Yet, you still can quit application via application menu (or how that is called on GNOME?) and some users even claimed there's some list of background apps where you can quit, too.

[EdJoPaTo]

Either I use an application, then I want to see it. Or I don't need it, then I don't want to see it, and it shouldn't be running. Why should it be running? I have notifications disabled anyway so it won't do anything other than eating up RAM.
Why would I need a minimize button when I quit an application anyway? And why would I need a maximize button when I can either use my keyboard or drag the window? And I prefer the approach of Gnome not to have tray icons being a mess in your view all them time. So I think the current state of my system is good. Sadly telegram-desktop doesn't fit this need. Would be better when it wouldn't use that much RAM, but it doesn't do that either.

Yet, you still can quit application via application menu (or how that is called on GNOME?)

Close isn't quitting the application.

this means you have to set up your system

Should I set up a timer with killall telegram-desktop every 10 min? Might be somewhat annoying but better than the current state.

[ilya-fedin]

Personally I don't really care what the behavior for GNOME is. If you can implement a better one, feel free to make a PR, I will happily review it.

[EdJoPaTo]

You have to accept that.

That a hidden checkbox controls behavior I can't change as it is hidden?

If you can implement a better one, feel free to make a PR, I will happily review it.

Everyone can code every language.

Can you please relabel this issue from "completed" to "open" or more likely "not planned" as you don't seem to have any intentions on actually getting this fixed?

[ilya-fedin]

no, personally I can't

[ilya-fedin]

Everyone can code every language.

That's sad if you can't but tdesktop lacks contributors just as well, there's no one else to do that work. Personally I volunteer to fix my problems (and I use KDE). Sadly there's no contributor from GNOME community to fix GNOME-specific problems.