Bug 365138

Summary: Regression: new taskbar icon hard to read on both default themes
Product: [Applications] kmail2 Reporter: Christian (Fuchs) <kde>
Component: UIAssignee: kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: normal CC: aspotashev, awwit, catdog2, kdenis, kejpi, kjetil.fjesbokbruker, romainguinot, stefanprobst
Priority: NOR    
Version: 5.4.3   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Gentoo Packages   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: screenshot of the issue with breeze and breeze-dark
Unreadable systray icon on Breeze Dark
Kmail tray notification icon
invisible tray icon on dark panel
tray barely visible on hover
Screenshot confirming lack of emai-count in Kmail tray icon

Description Christian (Fuchs) 2016-07-06 07:19:09 UTC
Kmail now features a new icon  (monochrome) when there are unread mails. 
However, it is very hard to read with both default themes (see screenshots). 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Update to the latest kmail version
2. Configure kmail to show unread mails in the systray
3. Have an unread mail

Actual Results:  
Hard to spot and read

Expected Results:  
Easy to spot and read
Comment 1 Christian (Fuchs) 2016-07-06 07:20:00 UTC
Created attachment 99876 [details]
screenshot of the issue with breeze and breeze-dark
Comment 2 Romain GUINOT 2016-07-06 09:19:11 UTC
I also confirm this bug. 
I have updated to fedora 24 yesterday, which has KMail 5.2.2 on KDE 5.23.
I use breeze-dark.

I have tried replacing the mail-mark-unread / mail-mark-unread-new icons from the oxygen theme but it's not apparently taken into account or i'm replacing the wrong one.

It makes the icon itself invisible and the mail count unreadable. 
It would be good to have a non-transparent "envelope" for the dark theme so that the icon contrasts with the black tray background.
Comment 3 Peter Dahlberg 2016-07-19 17:50:23 UTC
Created attachment 100177 [details]
Unreadable systray icon on Breeze Dark

I can confirm this problem, the number practically unreadable.
Comment 4 Petr Kopecký 2017-02-04 15:56:30 UTC
Created attachment 103825 [details]
Kmail tray notification icon
Comment 5 Petr Kopecký 2017-02-04 15:58:39 UTC
I have the same problem with Kmail tray notification icon when Breeze Dark is set as desktop theme and Breeze (light) is set as window theme. Icon is transparent when new mail arrives and appears when mouse is over - screenshot attached.

Plasma 5.9
Kmail 5.4.1
Comment 6 Romain GUINOT 2017-02-28 09:31:07 UTC
issue has regressed further. now, the unread count has disappeared entirely, but this is not the biggest issue. 

The icon is completely invisible on a dark panel and barely visible when you hover over it. 

See attached screenshots.
Comment 7 Romain GUINOT 2017-02-28 09:31:50 UTC
Created attachment 104266 [details]
invisible tray icon on dark panel
Comment 8 Romain GUINOT 2017-02-28 09:32:09 UTC
Created attachment 104267 [details]
tray barely visible on hover
Comment 9 Ignat Awwit 2017-03-17 12:55:01 UTC
openSUSE Tumbleweed
Plasma 5.9.3
Kmail 16.12.3

Theme: Breeze-Dark

The same bug that is described above.
It exists since the icon was changed to a new one.
I wait three months (or even more) until you fix it =)
Comment 10 kjetil 2017-06-14 21:46:40 UTC
Just to confirm; also present on:

Kubuntu 17.04 Zesty
Plasma 5.10.1
Kde Frameworks 5.34.0
Kmail 5.4.3 
KDE PIM 16.12.3

Theme: Breeze-Light (everything default)

The same bug that is described above. Icon changes but no count for unread email. Icon email-count disappeared after upgrading to PIM 16.12.3 and plasma 5.10.1 from backports.
Comment 11 kjetil 2017-06-14 21:48:46 UTC
Created attachment 106102 [details]
Screenshot confirming lack of emai-count in Kmail tray icon
Comment 12 Justin Zobel 2022-11-06 09:24:54 UTC
Thank you for reporting this issue in KDE software. As it has been a while since this issue was reported, can we please ask you to see if you can reproduce the issue with a recent software version?

If you can reproduce the issue, please change the status to "REPORTED" when replying. Thank you!
Comment 13 Bug Janitor Service 2022-11-21 05:12:22 UTC
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Comment 14 Bug Janitor Service 2022-12-06 05:18:54 UTC
This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

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