Bug 206255

Summary:	systemtray does not show all programs when added to a second taskbar
Product:	[Unmaintained] plasma4	Reporter:	felix <out.there>
Component:	widget-systemtray	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	normal	CC:	andresbajotierra
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Attachments:	Screenshot

Description felix 2009-09-04 15:41:59 UTC

Version:            (using Devel)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Compiled sources

I'm using two displays via TwinView. I added a new taskbar to the second display. Started programs appear in the taskbar where open windows are listed. But minimized to systray, only the applet on the first screen will show them. The applet on the second screen only shows Kmix and the netorkmanagment all the time. 

Why is the systray area not "synchronized" like the minimzed window area? This way one has to look on the first screen to make systray programms appear again.

Comment 1 Dario Andres 2009-09-04 15:44:01 UTC

- What is your KDE version (SVN revision&branch) ? 
- Which are the applications not listed in the second system tray ?
Thanks

Comment 2 felix 2009-09-04 15:59:15 UTC

Created attachment 36690 [details]
Screenshot

Screenshot from systray of screen 1 and 2

Comment 3 felix 2009-09-04 15:59:47 UTC

I'm using Kubuntu Karmic Alpha 5.
Version 4.3.1 (KDE 4.3.1)

(I was not sure what to chose from the menu, cause i receive updates very often here. Therefore i decided that it is nearly svn/snapshot.)

applications:

work:
kmix
networkmanagement

tested, dont work:
pidgin
skype
konversation
steam.exe via wine
(imo every app)

Comment 4 Dario Andres 2009-09-04 16:12:05 UTC

This is a limitation on the old freeDesktop.org system tray protocol, it can't be fixed (icons can only be shown in one location....)
The icons you are seeing properly are using the new system tray protocol implementation which allows this.

Look at bug 181041, bug 180114 comment 2, and bug 179625 comment 2 for more information.
Hopefully more KDE applications will be adapted to use the new protocol; however we can't do anything for non-KDE4 apps if the implementation standard is not adapted.

Regards

Comment 5 Roman Zimmermann 2010-03-23 20:03:49 UTC

This bug is still valid for the kde apps that are not yet ported to the new freedesktop standard - is there a bug tracking progress of that migration?