Bug 446559

Summary: Missing icon when there is no possible network connection
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Sandro Knauß <sknauss>
Component: Networks widgetAssignee: Jan Grulich <jgrulich>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: nate
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: master   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Other   
OS: Other   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In: 6.3.5
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: System tray icon missing for NO connection
system tray with NO icon - not extenend

Description Sandro Knauß 2021-12-06 16:03:16 UTC
Created attachment 144271 [details]
System tray icon missing for NO connection

Here at this place I have NO WiFi nor any attached GSM modem. The only possible connection is the ethernet. It seems like this is a very rare case. The is not status icon for the system tray for this case. I would expect to see an icon or placeholder that indicates me: "This is plasma-nm and there is no connection at all".
Comment 1 Sandro Knauß 2021-12-06 16:04:03 UTC
Created attachment 144272 [details]
system tray with NO icon - not extenend
Comment 2 Sandro Knauß 2021-12-06 16:05:19 UTC
see empty space in the system tray between icons and the triangle. This is plasma-nm without any icon.
Comment 3 Ben Cooksley 2024-12-23 18:25:56 UTC
Bulk transfer as requested in T17796
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2025-06-12 18:41:40 UTC
Thanks for the bug report, and I'm sorry we didn't manage to get to it yet. A lot has changed since the issue was reported, in both Plasma and the networking stack in general; can I ask you to see if it's still happening in Plasma 6.3.5 or later with Frameworks 6.14 or later?

For what it's worth, I've got a desktop machine without a Wi-Fi card that correctly shows an icon in this case. So it may be fixed now; can you check?

Thanks a lot!
Comment 5 Bug Janitor Service 2025-06-27 03:47:55 UTC
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Comment 6 Sandro Knauß 2025-06-27 14:01:58 UTC
With Plasma 6.3.5 and KDE Frameworks 6.13 the issue is gone and I see still an icon, if there is no possible connection.