Bug 331683

Summary: When panel applets crash, they don't come back when KDE is restarted
Product: [Unmaintained] plasma4 Reporter: Alan Ott <alan>
Component: panelAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED    
Severity: normal CC: nate
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 4.10.5   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Kubuntu   
OS: Linux   
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Description Alan Ott 2014-03-02 17:57:24 UTC 
Recent case:
1. Task Manager Applet crashes and disappears
2. Restart KDE
3 The Task Manager Applet is not restored and is missing.
4. I try to add it back and spend time trying to figure out what it's called. Searching for "Window" (like window list) doesn't show it.
5. I can add the applet but it's added all the way on the right, and I can't move it back to the center, where it belongs.
6. I have to move all the applets I want to be on the right of the Task manager, one by one, to the right of the panel.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
"Happens every time" above means "happens every time an applet crashes."

Clearly if an applet crashes, it doesn't mean that I don't want it to ever come back.
Actual Results:  
Applet never comes back

Expected Results:  
Applet should come back

I've seen this problem for about 15 years.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2018-01-23 22:27:05 UTC 
Plasma 4 has been unsupported for several years. Haven't seen this happen in Plasma 5.