Bug 509419

Summary: Explain the difference between "Always hidden" and "Disabled"
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Daniel Cleaver <daninshed>
Component: System Tray widgetAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: wishlist CC: 4wy78uwh, kdedev, materka, nate
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.4.4   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Fedora RPMs   
OS: Linux   
See Also: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=485384
Latest Commit: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/commit/f71c928c19d7f9dd6356af8ddba337ad68b34209 Version Fixed/Implemented In: 6.6.0
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Description Daniel Cleaver 2025-09-12 14:33:25 UTC 
SUMMARY
This is a request to explain the difference between "Always hidden" and "Disabled" directly in the UI. Colloquially they mean the same thing, so more explanation is needed.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
These options are under System Tray Settings > Entries > Visibility.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 42
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1
Kernel Version: 6.15.10-200.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 20 × Intel® Core™ i5-14600K
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (31.1 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor 1: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
Graphics Processor 2: Intel® Graphics
Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
Product Name: MS-7D43
System Version: 1.0
Comment 1 TraceyC 2025-09-16 22:12:15 UTC 
This is a valid suggestion. Changing to wishlist, since this is a feature request.
Comment 2 Bug Janitor Service 2025-11-25 00:32:47 UTC 
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/6045
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2025-12-03 19:38:52 UTC 
Git commit f71c928c19d7f9dd6356af8ddba337ad68b34209 by Nate Graham.
Committed on 03/12/2025 at 18:55.
Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'.

applets/systemtray: clarify shown/hidden/disabled statuses

Rephrase so all statuses have the word "show" in them. Being phrased in
this way has several benefits:
- Clarifies the difference between "always hidden" and "disabled"
- More HIG-friendly to begin with an imperative verb
- Echoes the language used for the list header "Always show all" checkbox
FIXED-IN: 6.6.0

M  +4    -4    applets/systemtray/package/contents/ui/ConfigGeneral.qml

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/commit/f71c928c19d7f9dd6356af8ddba337ad68b34209