Bug 166740 - Systray can not be moved within the panel
Summary: Systray can not be moved within the panel
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: plasma4
Classification: Plasma
Component: panel (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: openSUSE Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2008-07-16 16:56 UTC by Jonas Thorell
Modified: 2008-11-28 15:37 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description Jonas Thorell 2008-07-16 16:56:16 UTC
Version:            (using KDE 4.0.98)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

The newly introduced move-plasmoids-within-the-panel does not let me move the systray. I drag the systray (with some difficulty since it is somewhat hard to not accidently open up say amarok instead...) to where I want it, and as soon as I let go off the mousebutton the tray immediately moves back to its original position.

Everything else I've tried moving works (trashcan, kickoff, clock, device notifier, icons, show desktop, show dashboard, pager, logout/login buttons, quickaccess), it's just the systray that refuses to cooperate.

Thanks a lot for this! Works great otherwise and very easy to use!
Comment 1 Alex Merry 2008-08-26 19:17:56 UTC
Do you still get this in 4.1?
Comment 2 Jonas Thorell 2008-08-28 09:31:13 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> Do you still get this in 4.1?
> 

I'm afraid so, and even past 4.1.0 (currently using release 40.4 of what will become KDE 4.1.1). 

I can sort of nudge it a bit to the left or right, but it is very picky about where I am allowed to place it. 
Comment 3 Olaf Lenz 2008-10-13 11:39:36 UTC
I am able to move the systray wherever I want, but the main problem for me is that it is really hard to grab the systray in the first place, without activating the application in the tray.
I think it would be really important to deactivate the applications in the systray while the panel is modified.
Shoudl I make a new bug report out of this?
Comment 4 Olaf Lenz 2008-10-13 11:41:52 UTC
(In reply to comment #3)
> I am able to move the systray wherever I want, but the main problem for me is
> that it is really hard to grab the systray in the first place, without
> activating the application in the tray.
> I think it would be really important to deactivate the applications in the
> systray while the panel is modified.
> Shoudl I make a new bug report out of this?

JFYI: I'm using KDE 4.1.2 on kubuntu 8.10 beta.
Comment 5 Alex Merry 2008-10-13 20:26:02 UTC
I'm not sure that's technically possible (without some REALLY ugly / bug-inducing hacks) with the way the system tray currently works on X11.

If the alternative spec (proposed some time ago) ever gets off the ground, we can fix this and a whole host of other system tray bugs.  But I'm not holding my breath.
Comment 6 Dotan Cohen 2008-11-27 23:16:22 UTC
This bug does not seem to be present in Trunk. I could move the system tray at will, both in horizontal and vertical panels. Can the OP test trunk (or maybe a KDE 4.2 Beta) and confirm / deny that the bug still exists? Thanks.
Comment 7 Jonas Thorell 2008-11-27 23:30:32 UTC
(In reply to comment #6)
> This bug does not seem to be present in Trunk. I could move the system tray at
> will, both in horizontal and vertical panels. Can the OP test trunk (or maybe a
> KDE 4.2 Beta) and confirm / deny that the bug still exists? Thanks.

You're right. It does work as intended in 4.1.80, so the bug can be considered void now.