System tray indicator should show status

[ElijahLynn]

I installed Topicons Plus Gnome extension to get a sys tray back and I do see the sys tray icon now. I was expecting it would show me the status of gromit-mpx but it does not. I think it would be great to change the icon when it is active. I have a hard time knowing when it is active otherwise.

[bk138]

Thanks for the idea! How would you envision this to look like?

[ElijahLynn]

Thanks, something as simple as this would work just fine:

Inactive:

Active:

[bk138]

Isn't one able to tell from the cursor shape whether it's activated or not?

[ElijahLynn]

For my use case, which is primarily touch or pen, on my screen, it shows the cross hairs initially for the first annotation, then after that stroke, it disappears and I am unable to tell. Based on what you are suggesting, if the cross hairs stayed on the screen then it should be easy to tell.

[ElijahLynn]

So when using the mouse, the crosshairs stay up and it is easy to tell, but when touching it disappears and if I move the mouse again I can tell. Which is a workaround for now.