Alternative fix which is more in line with the original diff, ref. #18

patch/systray.c

@@ -87,16 +87,11 @@ updatesystray(void)
 						InputOutput, visual,
 						CWOverrideRedirect|CWBackPixel|CWBorderPixel|CWColormap|CWEventMask, &wa);
 		#else
-		XSetWindowAttributes wa = {
-			.override_redirect = True,
-			.background_pixel = scheme[SchemeNorm][ColBg].pixel,
-			.border_pixel = 0,
-			.colormap = DefaultColormap(dpy, screen),
-			.event_mask = ButtonPressMask|ExposureMask
-		};
-		systray->win = XCreateWindow(dpy, root, x - xpad, m->by + ypad, w, bh, 0, DefaultDepth(dpy, screen),
-						InputOutput, DefaultVisual(dpy, screen),
-						CWOverrideRedirect|CWBackPixel|CWBorderPixel|CWColormap|CWEventMask, &wa);
+		systray->win = XCreateSimpleWindow(dpy, root, x - xpad, m->by + ypad, w, bh, 0, 0, scheme[SchemeSel][ColBg].pixel);
+		wa.event_mask        = ButtonPressMask | ExposureMask;
+		wa.override_redirect = True;
+		wa.background_pixel  = scheme[SchemeNorm][ColBg].pixel;
+		XChangeWindowAttributes(dpy, systray->win, CWEventMask|CWOverrideRedirect|CWBackPixel, &wa);
 		#endif // ALPHA_PATCH
 		XSelectInput(dpy, systray->win, SubstructureNotifyMask);
 		XChangeProperty(dpy, systray->win, netatom[NetSystemTrayOrientation], XA_CARDINAL, 32,