Bug 70881

Summary:	Allow System Tray, Quick Launcher and/or Clock to be stacked one above the other to save panel space
Product:	[Unmaintained] kicker	Reporter:	Mohd Asif Ali Rizwaan <maarizwan>
Component:	general	Assignee:	John Firebaugh <jfirebaugh>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	1.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Mandrake RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Mohd Asif Ali Rizwaan 2003-12-20 00:14:12 UTC

Version:           1.1 (using KDE 3.1.3)
Installed from:    Mandrake Linux Cooker i586 - Cooker
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.1 (Mandrake Linux 9.2 3.3.1-2mdk)
OS:          Linux (i686) release 2.4.22-10mdk

I use panel size 46 (Normal) at 800x600 resolution. so, I need to conserve precious panel space for TaskbarApplet. 

so, if System Tray uses 16x16 size icons and clock is also set to its half size, and allow both the applets to be top and bottom to each other. example:

[4:35] <- Clock Applet
[o#<>] <- system tray (with Klipper, Kmix and kget)

or

[xyzabc] <- Quick Launcher
[o#$-&*] <- System Tray

in the above way, one can preserve more precious panel space. thanks.

Comment 1 Aaron J. Seigo 2004-02-24 03:12:36 UTC

honestly, this is a very bad idea. how would you know the difference between the quick launcher and the system tray icons? yes, they are different in how they behave and are used. not to mention keeping the geometry together would be nearly impossible and still have it look ok (systemtray is fairly dynamic and often fairly populated; the clock doesn't change in size, the quick launcher rarely does). having the applets stack their own UI vertically is much saner, and makes the code much simpler while allowing the user to keep the left<->right or top<->bottom ordering straight.