The indicators *do* hide themselves (they set the visibility of their root item to false). This works fine in unity7, and in unity8 it only works half-way.
In unity8, when an indicator sets its root item visibility to false, the icon disappears from the top panel in general, but when the drop-down for indicators is opened, the indicator is still shown anyway, and any visible children are also shown, though they shouldn't be. ** Changed in: unity8 (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Confirmed ** Changed in: indicator-battery (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Changed in: indicator-bluetooth (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** No longer affects: indicator-battery (Ubuntu) ** No longer affects: indicator-bluetooth (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: unity8 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Summary changed: - Battery and Bluetooth indicators visible when the hardware is not present + Unity 8 does not hide indicators in drop-down when their root item is set not visible -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to indicator-bluetooth in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1606463 Title: Unity 8 does not hide indicators in drop-down when their root item is set not visible Status in Canonical System Image: Confirmed Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: ubuntu 16.10 unity8 desktop don't show battery and bluetooth indicators when hardware is not present, like on a desktop i don't have bluetooth or a battery To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1606463/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp