How to use a keyboard shortcut to raise application from system tray

Question

I am trying to create a keyboard shortcut to raise an application that is running in the system tray (keepassx).

I have tried xdotool but it does not work. xdotool finds the windows that match the app name but activatewindow gives an error (XGetWindowProperty[_NET_WM_DESKTOP] failed (code=1)) my guess is that the application does not have a window to activate.

I also tried wmctrl with similar results, in this case no window is found.

Any ideas of what I can do?

I am running Lubuntu 14.04 LTS - LXDE / Openbox

Answer 1

My experience with kde:

I assigned shortcut to my tray icon application. To raise it from tray by command I use: xdotool key "my shortcut"

Answer 2

I had the same error. Tried both wmctrl and xdotool but they don't seem to work with a window hidden in system tray.

I solved it with simple bash -c "pkill keepassx && keepassx". For this to work Start minimized need to be unchecked. Used with KeePassX 0.4.3 .