Bug 491826

Summary:	Configuring System Tray to "Always show all entries" will make it show irrelevant entries
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	l1ttleofficial
Component:	System Tray	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	fanzhuyifan, materka, unassigned-bugs
Priority:	NOR
Version:	6.1.4
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Bug Depends on:	486103
Bug Blocks:

Description l1ttleofficial 2024-08-17 14:48:59 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #486103 +++
SUMMARY
Configuring System Tray to "Always show all entries" will make it show irrelevant entries. This was not the behavior on Plasma 5

This may sound intentional, however the GUI shows that only Application Status entries are affected - they are automatically locked and switched to "Always shown", while Hardware Control and System Services entries stay unaffected. If it is truly intentional, then that means that there is now a usecase that is not accounted for (but one that was accounted in Plasma 5) - there's no way to hide irrelevant entries from the System Tray and also have that tray not hide any entries under a dropdown menu

In my case, I now have the Virtual Keyboard entry visible even though it's disabled, the Camera Indicator entry even though I don't have a camera, and the Power Management entry even though I'm on desktop without any batteries. 

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Put the System Tray widget on a panel
2. See that it doesn't show irrelevant entries
3. Turn on "Always show all entries"
4. Observe the result

OBSERVED RESULT
Irrelevant entries are shown

EXPECTED RESULT
Irrelevant entries are not shown

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS (Initial report)
Distribution: Fedora Linux 40
KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.0.0 
Qt Version: 6.6.2

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Distribution: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.5.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2

Comment 1 fanzhuyifan 2024-08-17 15:29:46 UTC

Please don't duplicate your own bug reports

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 486103 ***

Comment 2 l1ttleofficial 2024-08-18 14:39:42 UTC

(In reply to fanzhuyifan from comment #1)
> Please don't duplicate your own bug reports
> 
> *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 486103 ***

I felt like I had to do it because the original report did not receive any updates in almost 4 months. Sorry

Comment 3 fanzhuyifan 2024-08-18 16:24:11 UTC

(In reply to l1ttleofficial from comment #2)
> (In reply to fanzhuyifan from comment #1)
> > Please don't duplicate your own bug reports
> > 
> > *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 486103 ***
> 
> I felt like I had to do it because the original report did not receive any
> updates in almost 4 months. Sorry

Most KDE developers are volunteers using their free time, and unfortunately development resources are very limited compared to the things that need to be done. Intentional duplicates just create extra work.