Bug 242672

Summary:	Can't place dolphin in system tray
Product:	[Unmaintained] ksystraycmd	Reporter:	tony <lorefice2>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdelibs bugs <kdelibs-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	normal	CC:	peter.penz19
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description tony 2010-06-24 11:08:24 UTC

Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.4.4) 
OS:                Linux

Placing applications in system tray generally works via "properties->application->advanced options [v] place in system tray".
But dolphin not.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Click on application launcher, search for dolphin, drag it to the desktop in folderview mode.
right click on the dolphin icon and select:
"properties->application->advanced options"
check "place in system tray".
double clik on the dolphin icon.

Actual Results:  
There's no icon in system tray.

Expected Results:  
Dolphin icon in system tray

Even changing the command to "sh -c dolphin" doesn't work.

Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2010-06-26 13:57:08 UTC

Maybe you have to start it with the "--nofork" option.

Comment 2 tony 2010-06-28 13:05:27 UTC

Worked like a charm with that option, thank you very much.
I'm unsure about what to do with this 'bug' now.
Is the nofork option to be considered as a workaround or this behaviour is to be expected?
In both cases i think the usability is compromised because it doesn't work "out of the box".

Comment 3 tony 2010-06-28 13:10:30 UTC

Unfortunately there's no doubt.
Using --nofork option works for a single dolphin instance, if i associate the folder mimetype with "dolphin --nofork" it will work only the first time, next instances will refuse to load giving this:
KUniqueApplication: Can't setup D-Bus service. Probably already running.

Comment 4 Christoph Feck 2010-06-29 00:22:32 UTC

Not sure if this can be handled in Dolphin itself, I guess it is a deficiency of the current KDE libraries.

Comment 5 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-09-04 14:14:14 UTC

Hello! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this project has been unmaintained for many years so I am closing this bug.