Bug#1126664: shortwave: "X" does not exit the application, also not appearing in (xfce) systray

[Matthias Geiger]

Control: tags -1 confirmed

On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 11:39, Christian Buhtz <c.buhtz at posteo.jp> wrote:
>Package: shortwave
>Version: 5.0.0-5
>Severity: normal
>
>Hello,
>I am using shortwave on Xfce4.
>
>Clicking on the "X" in the "titlebar" its main window closes and dissapears
>from the taskbar. But the music is still on.
>
>Some of those applications to minimize to systray in such cases. But even this
>does not happen.
>
>There is no visual indication on my xfce desktop that this application is still
>alive. But I can hear its music.
>
Hi,

I can confirm the same behaviour in sway. This is likely because the 
application is using the GNOME background protocol and not checking if 
the current desktop is not GNOME. This could be fixed easily by checking 
the XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP env variable.

Please open an issue upstream about this, at 
gitlab.gnome.org/world/shortwave.

best,

werdahias