Bug 134145

Summary:	Kontact's components are not very consistent and intuitive
Product:	[Applications] kontact	Reporter:	Dima Ryazanov <dima>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <pim-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	russellgreene8
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Dima Ryazanov 2006-09-16 01:33:05 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.4)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages
Compiler:          gcc (GCC) 4.1.1 (Gentoo 4.1.1-r1)
 
OS:                Linux

I have KMail, KNode, Akregator components enabled in Kontact (among others).

KMail and Akregator can display a system tray icon - but their settings are in different places.
KMail: Appearance->System Tray->Enable system tray icon
Akregator: General->Show tray icon
KNode doesn't seem to support that at all - or, I can't find the setting.

KMail icon's popup is titled "KMail", while Akregator's icon has a title "Kontact".
The items in the popup menu are specific to that particular component - so Akregator's popup title doesn't make sense.
The only exception is the "Quit" button - which closes all of Kontact. This is inconsistent with the rest of the items.

It also seems impossible to close a particular component. When I start Kontact, Akregator is not running, and the icon is not there. If I open the Akregator component, the icon appears. After that, it's impossible to close it (and remove the icon) without restarting Kontact.

If I go to Settings->Configure Kontact, I can configure KMail and KNode... but not Akregator. The only way to do it is to switch to Akregator, and then select Settings->Configure Akregator.

Comment 1 Dima Ryazanov 2006-09-16 01:43:49 UTC

Also, clicking Akregator's icon makes the Kontact window appear/disappear instantly.
Clicking KMail's icon brings up the window instantly, but animates it when hiding - as if it is minimized. And, the icon sometimes disappears when clicked (http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=121244). Doesn't happen with Akregator.

Comment 2 Russell Greene 2015-12-26 20:14:15 UTC

This is not a bug, but a feature request, and one that probably has been addressed. I suggest that if you still feel this way you should reopen this as a wishlist item.

Comment 3 Myriam Schweingruber 2015-12-27 10:49:45 UTC

And this report is heavily outdated, as it relates to a long gone version of kontact.
Also, it is a mix of feature requests and several unrelated problems. Please report only one bug per report