Set x-canonical-type for user and guest menu items

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/README b/README
index 420541e..29a135f 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ As per the https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SystemMenu specification, both need four
 visual components: (1) an Active Session Mark, the user's (2) icon, (3) name,
 and (4) a Logged In Mark.
 
-== User menuitems can be recognized by their "indicator.switch-to-user" action.
+== User menuitems have "x-canonical-type" set to "indicator.user-menu-item"
    Their four visual components are determined by:
 
    1. You can test for the Action Session Mark by checking the action's state.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ and (4) a Logged In Mark.
       an array of usernames. If the array contains the username in this
       menuitem's "target" attribute, show the Logged In Mark.
 
-== The Guest switcher can be recognized by its "indicator.switch-to-guest"
+== The Guest switcher has "x-canonical-type" set to "indicator.guest-menu-item"
    action. Its four visual components are determined by:
 
    1. You can test for the Active Session Mark by checking the action's state.
diff --git a/src/service.c b/src/service.c
index d912176..59728d1 100644
--- a/src/service.c
+++ b/src/service.c
@@ -471,7 +471,15 @@ create_switch_section (IndicatorSessionService * self)
   g_object_unref (item);
  
   if (indicator_session_guest_is_allowed (p->backend_guest))
-    g_menu_append (menu, _("Guest Session"), "indicator.switch-to-guest");
+    {
+      GMenuItem *item;
+
+      item = g_menu_item_new (_("Guest Session"), "indicator.switch-to-guest");
+      g_menu_item_set_attribute (item, "x-canonical-type", "s", "indicator.guest-menu-item");
+      g_menu_append_item (menu, item);
+
+      g_object_unref (item);
+    }
 
   /* build an array of all the users we know of */
   users = g_ptr_array_new ();
@@ -495,6 +503,7 @@ create_switch_section (IndicatorSessionService * self)
       const IndicatorSessionUser * u = g_ptr_array_index (users, i);
       item = g_menu_item_new (u->real_name, NULL);
       g_menu_item_set_action_and_target (item, "indicator.switch-to-user", "s", u->user_name);
+      g_menu_item_set_attribute (item, "x-canonical-type", "s", "indicator.user-menu-item");
       g_menu_append_item (menu, item);
       g_object_unref (item);
     }