Bug 383709

Summary:	Systray icons under Gnome only expose XEmbed, not KSNI
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-knotifications	Reporter:	markuss <kamikazow>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdelibs bugs <kdelibs-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	bugseforuns, kde, kdelibs-bugs-null, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.36.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Attachments:	Screenshot

Description markuss 2017-08-19 17:04:18 UTC

Created attachment 107368 [details]
Screenshot

KDE applications only use XEmbed-based systray icons under Gnome, whether https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/615/appindicator-support/ is installed or not.
Currently that's only a minor inconvenience (visual inconsistency, two context menus can be open at the same time – see attached screenshot) but it gets worse:
The upcoming Gnome version (3.26) will completely remove support for XEmbed systray icons, therefore the above mentioned Gnome extension will be the last remaining way to properly use non-Gnome applications with systray icons under Gnome.

Only KDE applications are affected. "Pure" Qt applications are not. My screenshot shows QuiteRSS (Qt) and KMail systray manus.

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2021-08-09 16:58:28 UTC

There is nothing KDE can do about this, I'm afraid. The fault lies with GNOME in deleting support for this UI element. We still support it in Plasma--and so does everyone else. I would tell you to complain to them about it, but it's a lost cause; their minds are not open to being changed about the wisdom of this decision. I would recommend using Plasma instead of GNOME. :)

Comment 2 markuss 2021-08-09 19:12:57 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> There is nothing KDE can do about this, I'm afraid.

Sure it does. As I already wrote: Regular Qt applications are not affected.

> The fault lies with
> GNOME in deleting support for this UI element.

This bug report is about allow working with the appindicator-support Gnome Shell extension.

As recent as two days ago there was a comment on the extension page saying that Konversation is not working with it.

Exposing KSNI towards Gnome Shell with appindicator-support is important for properly working KDE apps under Gnome.