Bug 165071

Summary: Systemtray icons are not shown on dashboard view
Product: [Plasma] plasma4 Reporter: Augusto Leite <leite_augusto>
Component: widget-systemtrayAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: alan.christopher.jenkins, amithash, mail
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Compiled Sources   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
Attachments: No dashboard view
Dashboard view turned on

Description Augusto Leite 2008-06-27 03:20:42 UTC 
Version:           SVN After beta 2 (using Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources

When using the systemtray plasmoid on the desktop, the icons are not shown when the dashboard view is turned on (only the background of the plasmoid is shown).

I uploaded two screenshots. Hope it helps!

By the way, you plasma guys rock! And all KDE developers too. Hope I become one for 4.2! And I completely support you Aaron! Keep rocking...
Comment 1 Augusto Leite 2008-06-27 03:21:57 UTC 
Created attachment 25643 [details]
No dashboard view
Comment 2 Augusto Leite 2008-06-27 03:23:45 UTC 
Created attachment 25644 [details]
Dashboard view turned on
Comment 3 Joakim Sandström 2008-06-30 15:33:28 UTC 
I'm experiencing the same problem.


 / Joakim
Comment 4 Sebastian Sauer 2008-06-30 22:06:45 UTC 
That's because the systray-icons are actual real programs just like e.g. Kopete or KWord is. So, from a technical point-of-view it is correct that they are not displayed but imho from a usage point-of-view it is not (though I am not sure if/how to do that technical, hmmmm... special case them doesn't sound like a good idea at all imho).
Comment 5 Alan Jenkins 2008-10-10 12:59:52 UTC 
The system tray is one giant special case anyway :-P.  _Some_ sort of special case is required here, even if it's to disallow system trays on the desktop.

I think this is a legitimate use case though.  On my EeePC's with 800x480, I like to run everything fullscreen.  On KDE3, I have to keep a clear desktop which I can switch to, to check my system tray (battery level, network manager).  A major attraction of KDE4 is to use the dashboard instead, but I will still have to use the same systray icons: KDE3 knetworkmanager and gnome-power-manager.
Comment 6 Jason Stubbs 2008-10-11 08:22:11 UTC 
A fix is available and will likely make it into trunk before 4.2.
Comment 7 Jason Stubbs 2008-11-19 03:36:10 UTC 
Works in trunk