Bug 176616

Summary:	Please add keyboard shortcuts for navigating the system tray
Product:	[Unmaintained] plasma4	Reporter:	Dotan Cohen <kde-2011.08>
Component:	widget-systemtray	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	bluedzins, cepreu.mail
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Unspecified
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Description Dotan Cohen 2008-12-01 12:04:45 UTC

Version:            (using Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources

There seems to be no way for a user to access the system tray icons without a mouse in KDE 4. This is a usability issue for those of us who have difficulty using a mouse.

While googling solutions, I found that MS Windows has the ability to access the system tray with the keyboard shortcut Win-B.

Comment 1 Dotan Cohen 2009-01-30 00:51:51 UTC

In KDE 4.2 one can add a keyboard shortcut to the system tray. Activating the keyboard shortcut creates a visible "hat" above the system tray, however, there does not seem to be a way to coax a menu out of any of the system tray icons.

Comment 2 Dotan Cohen 2009-04-24 15:17:38 UTC

In KDE 4.2.2 the user can configure a shortcut for the system tray, but activating the shortcut only gives the message "No notifications and no jobs", but does not give the user the ability to interact with the tray icons. Furthermore, there is no way to close the "No notifications and no jobs" message other than clicking on it (ESC does not close it), so the user is forced to use the mouse anyway.

Comment 3 disabled account 2010-05-23 02:33:10 UTC

*** Bug 163746 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Nate Graham 2018-06-08 20:21:44 UTC

Hello!

This feature request was filed for KDE Plasma 4, which reached end-of-support status in August 2015. KDE Plasma 5's desktop shell has been almost completely rewritten for better performance and usability, so it is likely that this feature request is already implemented in Plasma 5, or is no longer applicable.

Accordingly, we hope you understand why we must close this feature request. If the requested feature is still desired but not implemented in KDE Plasma 5.12 or later, please feel free to open a new ticket in the "plasmashell" product after reading https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/Bug_Reporting

If you would like to get involved in KDE's bug triaging effort so that future mass bug closes like this are less likely, please read https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved#Bug_Triaging

Thanks for your understanding!

Nate Graham