Bug 140027

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:
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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.
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I asked if this behaviour still persits in KDE 3.5.5, and here is the response:
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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.
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Thanks!