Bug 509419

Summary:	Explain the difference between "Always hidden" and "Disabled"
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Daniel Cleaver <daninshed>
Component:	System Tray widget	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	ASSIGNED ---
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:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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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