Version: (using KDE KDE 3.5.5) Installed from: Debian testing/unstable Packages OS: Linux (Bug forwarded from the Debian BTS: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=384954) Hi, An user reported this problem with kicker in KDE 3.5.4: --- When kicker starts (on normal size), there is only one row of icons in the systray. However, if I set the panel size on "large" to force two-row systray, and then back on "normal", the icons remain on two rows. This state proves unstable, however, because whenever an application adds or removes an icon from the systray, it jumps back to one row. It's not a real bug (it only annoys me, because the one-row systray forces my current vertical panel a bit higher than my screen, adding scroll arrows), but I believe a more consistent behaviour would be appropriate. I admit I haven't tested if it behaves the same on horizontal panels, but I will and reply if it doesn't. --- I asked if this behaviour still persits in KDE 3.5.5, and here is the response: --- The behaviour has improved since my bug report: - on "normal" i have on row of icons in the systray and on "large" two, regardless of the order in which the settings are applied. - however, when using custom panel size, increasing and decreasing by one in the interval 45-55, i noticed a sort of hysteresis phenomenon: when i increase the panel size, the systray switches to two-column layout at 51px width, but when i decrease , i can go as far as 48px without switching to single column. (so the 48-50 interval has no predetermined layout) - unlike the previous time, even in the "undecided" interval, the systray is stable, without jumping from one layout to the other upon adding or removing an icon (i tested with akregator's systray icon) I guess i can say all the annoying side effects of the bug are gone, but there still remains the unexplained behaviour of the systray between 47 and 51 pixels of width which might be a feature (I don't understand its purpose) or might be a manifestation of a bug. This behaviour repeats identically when the panel is horizontal. --- Thanks!
Kicker is currently unmaintained, you can look to your distribution for help, however.
(In reply to comment #1) > Kicker is currently unmaintained, you can look to your distribution for help, > however. Have you ever read the bug report? I am the maintainer in Debian forwarding the bug! :-) Tell users to seek for help in their distro is not a good idea, since for upstream bugs most distros will forward to upstream. Besides, in this case, no distro support KDE any longer. In Debian they will only have security updates.